Scientists have captured the first ever image of a phenomenon which Albert Einstein once described as "spooky action at a distance".
科學(xué)家捕捉到了史上首個(gè)阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦曾描述為“遠(yuǎn)距離的幽靈行為”的現(xiàn)象的圖像。

The photo shows a strong form of quantum entanglement, where two particles interact and share their physical states for an instant.
這張照片展示了很強(qiáng)的一種量子糾纏形式，兩個(gè)粒子相互作用，瞬間共享它們的物理狀態(tài)。

It occurs no matter how great the distance between the particles is.
無論粒子相距多遠(yuǎn)都可以出現(xiàn)量子糾纏。

The connection is known as Bell entanglement and underpins the field of quantum mechanics.
這種聯(lián)系被稱為貝爾糾纏，是量子力學(xué)的核心。

圖片來源：PA Media

Paul-Antoine Moreau, of the University of Glasgow's School of Physics and Astronomy, said the image was "an elegant demonstration of a fundamental property of nature".
格拉斯哥大學(xué)物理與天文學(xué)院的保羅-安托萬·莫羅說這個(gè)圖像“優(yōu)雅地展示了自然的基本屬性”。

He added: "It's an exciting result which could be used to advance the emerging field of quantum computing and lead to new types of imaging."
他補(bǔ)充說：“這個(gè)結(jié)果令人興奮，可用于推進(jìn)量子計(jì)算這一新興領(lǐng)域，帶來新型成像技術(shù)?！?/div>

Einstein described quantum mechanics as "spooky" because of the instantaneousness of the apparent remote interaction between two entangled particles.
愛因斯坦說量子力學(xué)很“恐怖”，因?yàn)閮蓚€(gè)相距明顯很遠(yuǎn)的糾纏粒子瞬間就能相互作用。

The interaction also seemed incompatible with elements of his special theory of relativity.
這種相互作用好像也和他狹義相對(duì)論的元素相矛盾。

Scientist John Bell later formalised the concept by describing in detail a strong form of entanglement exhibiting the feature.
后來科學(xué)家約翰·貝爾通過詳細(xì)描述一個(gè)表現(xiàn)出該特性的強(qiáng)糾纏形式來使這一概念形式化。

Bell entanglement is now harnessed in practical applications such as quantum computing and cryptography.
貝爾糾纏現(xiàn)在被用于多個(gè)實(shí)際應(yīng)用，如量子計(jì)算和密碼學(xué)。

However, it has never before been captured in a single image.
但此前它從未被捕捉到單一圖像。

The team of physicists from the University of Glasgow devised a system that fired a stream of entangled photons from a quantum source of light at "non-conventional" objects.
格拉斯哥大學(xué)的一個(gè)物理學(xué)家團(tuán)隊(duì)設(shè)計(jì)了一個(gè)系統(tǒng)，一串糾纏光子從一個(gè)量子光源發(fā)出，穿過“非常規(guī)物體”。

This was displayed on liquid-crystal materials which change the phase of the photons as they pass through.
這通過液晶材料來展現(xiàn)，在光子穿過時(shí)改變光子的相位。

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翻譯：菲菲