{"id":230782,"date":"2026-02-07T05:21:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T11:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/three-way-quantum-correlations-fade-exponentially-with-distance-at-any-temperature-study-shows"},"modified":"2026-02-07T05:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T11:21:47","slug":"three-way-quantum-correlations-fade-exponentially-with-distance-at-any-temperature-study-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/three-way-quantum-correlations-fade-exponentially-with-distance-at-any-temperature-study-shows","title":{"rendered":"Three-way quantum correlations fade exponentially with distance at any temperature, study shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/three-way-quantum-correlations-fade-exponentially-with-distance-at-any-temperature-study-shows2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The properties of a quantum material are driven by links between its electrons known as quantum correlations. A RIKEN researcher has shown mathematically that, at non-zero temperatures, these connections can only exist over very short distances when more than two particles are involved. This finding, now <a href=\"https:\/\/link.aps.org\/doi\/10.1103\/9hx7-pzxw\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in <i>Physical Review X<\/i>, sets a fundamental limit on just how \u201cexotic\u201d a quantum material can be under realistic, finite-temperature conditions.<\/p>\n<p>A fascinating aspect of quantum physics is the concept that two particles that are spatially separated can communicate with each other. This so-called \u201cspooky action at a distance,\u201d as Einstein referred to it, is crucial for understanding the origin of the exotic properties that arise in some materials, particularly at low temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>These unusual material properties are determined by the exact nature of the quantum correlation, and the material is said to be in a specific quantum phase. This is analogous to the traditional phases of matter\u2014solid, liquid, and gas\u2014being defined by the chemical interactions between the atoms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The properties of a quantum material are driven by links between its electrons known as quantum correlations. A RIKEN researcher has shown mathematically that, at non-zero temperatures, these connections can only exist over very short distances when more than two particles are involved. This finding, now published in Physical Review X, sets a fundamental limit [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,48,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-particle-physics","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}