Emerging Non-Local Quantum Time Correlation Phenomena In A Classical System Of Organo-Metallic Microparticles

We investigate enantiomers of chiral organo-metallic particles which exhibit collective memory effect. Under the influence of magnetic field, the millions of particles in solution form macroscopic shapes and when dispersed again at zero field they return to their original shape. The microparticles forming the shaped structures are collectively coupled under the influence of long-range van der Waals exchange interactions which govern the collective macroscopic structure. We recently have found that non-local quantum exchange interactions between particles persist up to ten meters, close to room temperature. Here, we investigate further the perception of time in the system. We find that the particles exhibit temporal correlations between the future and present states of the system. The forces which govern the collective memory effect and shape the macroscopic structure therefore allow to visualize quantum phenomena which extend the classical causality notion into an expanded nonlocal space-time reality. We propose that the observations are attributed to chirality-discriminating van der Waals exchange interactions coupled to vacuum fluctuations.我们针对展现集体记忆效应的手性有机金属颗粒对映异构体（enantiomers）开展研究。在磁场作用下，溶液中的数百万颗颗粒会形成宏观形貌；当在零场条件下重新分散后，这些颗粒可恢复至初始形貌。构成该结构化形貌的微米颗粒，在长程范德瓦尔斯交换相互作用（long-range van der Waals exchange interactions）的调控下发生集体耦合，进而主导宏观集体结构的形成。我们此前的研究发现，颗粒间的非局域量子交换相互作用（non-local quantum exchange interactions）可存续至十米量级，且可在接近室温的条件下存在。本研究进一步探究该体系的时间感知特性，结果表明该体系中颗粒的未来态与当前态之间存在时间关联（temporal correlations）。因此，调控集体记忆效应并塑造宏观结构的相互作用力，可实现量子现象的可视化——这类现象将经典因果概念（classical causality notion）拓展至了更宽泛的非局域时空实在性（nonlocal space-time reality）范畴。我们提出，上述观测结果可归因于与真空涨落（vacuum fluctuations）耦合的手性选择性范德瓦尔斯交换相互作用（chirality-discriminating van der Waals exchange interactions）。