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Quantum entanglement, interaction, and the classical limit
Two or more quantum systems are said to be in an entangled or
non-factorisable state if their joint (supposedly pure) wave-function is not
expressible as a product of individual wave functions but is instead a
superposition of product states. It is only when the systems are in a
factorisable state that they can be considered to be separated (in the sense of
Bell). We show that whenever two quantum systems interact with each other, it
is impossible that all factorisable states remain factorisable during the
interaction unless the full Hamiltonian does not couple these systems so to say
unless they do not really interact. We also present certain conditions under
which particular factorisable states remain factorisable although they
represent a bipartite system whose components mutually interact. We identify
certain quasi-classical regimes that satisfy these conditions and show that
they correspond to classical, pre-quantum, paradigms associated to the concept
of particle
Estimate of the weight of empty space based on astronomical observations
As a consequence of the equivalence principle and of the existence of a
negative vacuum energy, we show how a weak but universal linear response of the
vacuum to a local gravitational potential suffices to explain the main features
of so-called Pioneer anomalies as well as the apparent departure from the third
Kepler law which has been observed at the level of numerous galaxies.Comment: submitted to EP
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