Quantum entanglement ?

Quantum entanglement is a kind of quantum mechanical phenomenon. This concept is actually about the entanglement (relation) between multiple quantum particles. Quantum entanglement states that if two quantum particles are entangled, then the quantum state occupied or achieved by one particle after wave function collapse is automatically going to infer the quantum state of its pair mate. For example, suppose a positron approaches an electron, and they annihilate each other (let their spins be in additive inverse), producing two photons. As per the concept of conservation of spin, these two photons should have spin A and spin B such that A + B = 0. But as per the theory of quantum superposition, these photons will be in superposition of both of these spins until they are observed and their wave function collapses. So suppose these two photons, after travelling for a long time, reach the opposite corners of the universe (imagine), and then the first photon is observed, and as a result, its wave function collapse occurs and it occupies any particular quantum state (let it be A). So as a result, at that very instant, without any time gap, the second photon should also take another quantum state (B). This is a consequence of quantum entanglement. But wait, there is a problem: how can any information travel faster than light? I mean to say, how does the second photon come to know about the quantum state of the first photon without any time gap? This is truly against the special theory of relativity. The problem described above was put forward by Einstein and two other scientists, and it is called the EPR paradox of quantum mechanics. We can't call any theory wrong yet because these theories have satisfactorily explained many phenomena.

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