We live in one Matrix; The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory collects information to examine whether our Universe is after all a hologram, with the rationale that what we observe is a three-dimensional illusion in a two-dimensional world. Just like when we watch TV, we see the characters in 3 dimensions, but our screen is two dimensions.
He has been in for two years development research by the University of Bonn, which examines whether our Universe is after all a computer simulation, and now another research institution is preparing to launch an almost similar experiment.
The researchers theorize that all the information in the Universe can be divided into "pixels" the size of the Planck length unit (1.616 252(81) × 10−35m). According to quantum theory (Heisenberg uncertainty principle) it is impossible to simultaneously know the position and speed of elementary particles. If the Universe consists of two-dimensional bits whose size defines specific information, then it would not be possible for the above principle to apply.
So, techgear.gr says, researchers are investigating whether there is a finite limit on the Universe's ability to store information based on the number of these pixels.
The experiment is done using the Holometer, a unique precision hologram interferometer, which can measure infinitesimal vibrations (very small wavelengths).
They place two such interferometers very close together and send from each 1KW laser beam that passes through a beam separator that cuts them into two separate, vertical beams. They then return to the divider and reunite, displaying fluctuations in brightness when they encounter such vibrations.
Researchers analyze these fluctuations to see if the beam splitter moves in a certain way, incited by the supposed fundamental motion of the two-dimensional "pixels" of the Universe.
As Craig Hogan, head of the Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics and the Inventor of Theory, says, and Aaron Chou, head of the Holometer
"We want to see if space-time can be considered a quantum system, such as mass. If we notice a noise (vibration) not attributed to other sources (eg radio waves of electronic devices) and can not be cut off, perhaps we are facing something really fundamental to nature. A noise that is inherent in spacetime. If we are confirmed, it will change once and for all the perception we have of the Universe for thousands of years. "
Source: First Topic
