Researchers Use Superconducting Quantum Processors To Challenge Widely-Held Beliefs In Quantum Physics

It is possible to extend Hermitian operators' fundamentals and digitally simulate non-Hermitian dynamics in a superconducting quantum processor, Aalto University researchers have demonstrated. The breakthrough experiment has the potential to challenge the dearly-held notions in Quantum physics. The researchers made qubits behave according to the new rules of non-Hermitian quantum mechanics. Two significant discoveries were made: Applying quantum operations to qubits does not conserve quantum information. The discovery potentially can address puzzles like Stephen Hawking's Information Paradox.In non-Hermitian quantum mechanics, the researchers could alter the level of entanglement of qubits by manipulating them.  The Experiment Standard quantum physics hinges on the fundame