Entangled Network

Fi-sics Purpose

For absolute clarity, the following is Fi-sics and NOT physics. The Fi-sics purpose in this case is to provide instant communication over any distance.

Entanglement

Entanglement is where physical objects are made to interact in a way where the individual elements cannot be individually described but the system as a whole, can. It can in theory be for any mass or object but the bigger the entangled mass, the more unstable the entanglement. HAS developed a method of entangling hydrogen molecules H₂ using a ‘near zero Kelvin reset’ method, and splitting the molecule again while maintaining the entanglement. The split but entangled hydrogen atoms are then catenised as a ‘link’ onto a single long-chain hydrocarbon molecule known as a block. The standard block process repeats this linking millions of times, taking the molecule ‘twins’ and printing them into twin blocks where one is arbitrarily called a ‘brother’ and the other the ‘sister’. The brother is kept at the Exchange and the sister is mobile.

Communication

Each atom in each block can be acted on, which will have an entirely predictable effect on the joined block. Note that small differences in energy are shared between the twins, but large differences untangle them. Also, the effects on spin etc are the exact opposite, leaving the quantum state in a net zero. Each atom therefore can pass a bit of information, and a block can pass the molar amount of data relative to its mass. Note that each link in the chain is carbon with an atomic mass of 12, with two covalently bonded hydrogen atoms, each with an atomic mass of 1. So using Avogadro’s number where 1 mole = 6.022 x 10^23 so 0.7g of entangled hydrocarbon (rounded) can pass a zettabyte of data (10^21 bytes where 1 byte = 8 bits, also rounded). The speed of the transfer is down to the equipment housing the block, but generally the standard is to maintain a ‘per nanosecond’ ratio where faster equipment is applied to larger blocks. It is worth noting that very few organisations are capable of building both blocks and readers capable of magnetically interacting with each hydrogen atom independently. Most people tend to buy the equipment from the supplier created and run by the Aetherial state. The block is housed in a 1cm carbon cube mesh full of helium gas, designed to act as insulating as possible, so it is a common mistake to think of this cube as the ‘block’. It is however acceptable to refer to the cube as the block for convenience when technical correctness would be verbally clumsy. After all, all engineers know what the real block is.

The Exchange

Following the technological gift from Vaythuriaam Pitha in 2181, the HAS funded by HATTER immediately setup the Exchange and made it free to use. The entangled atoms are a direct one to one communication that cannot be intercepted. Consequentially, each block is not more than a highly advanced cup and string telephone, where you would need to share a block with anyone you would want to call. To allow anyone to call anyone, all manufactured blocks pass their twin brother to the Exchange, where an EI routes calls between brothers, so sisters can talk. The EI is specialised for parallel thinking and goes by the name Operator. To use any device, you just pick it up, turn it on (often automatic) and speak to it, and Operator will automatically connect you. The Exchange was originally built in Edinburgh, where it maintains Earths ‘local’ exchange, but was later moved into Earth orbit in order to better aid cooling. It in fact now sits under a deep creator in Mars, where magnetic, stela and solar radiation can be kept to a minimum.

Rules

1. The more massive the more unstable the entanglement. Any mass above hydrogen degrades within a minute.
2. The hotter the mass the faster it will degrade. At room temperature, a standard block will have an untangle half-life of a week. If one of a pair is hotter than the other of the pair, then the faster they will untangle, faster than them both being at the hotter temperature. Some temperature can be passed across the twins before they untangle.
3. The nearer a star the faster the untangling but this effect tails off very fast. Long before you're as far out as Earth, the effect is close to zero. Note that the untangling speed follows the inverse square law. The reason for this is unknown.
4. The greater the relativity between a pair, the faster the untangling. This can be entirely offset by heating the ‘slower’ of pair and in fact ‘heat stabilised’ entangled pairs are used to measure relativity.
5. All entangled pairs naturally untangle. A standard block that is looked after correctly will have a half-life of 6.16 years, half that of tritium.

Writers Note

As this is all made up, I might refine elements of what is listed here. Please note that it might change, but I will try to keep changes to a minimum. The understanding of covalent bonds is worth knowing if you want to look into this. The key is that each electron shell stabilises through ‘filling up’, which is why Helium is inert, as it has two electrons filling up the inner shell. Hydrogen has only one electron so tends to covalently bond to another hydrogen through electron shell sharing. This is why H₂ is a common molecule that ends up bonding with oxygen to create a water molecule.