Everyone knows House of Santa Claus. Even Christmas haters know that Santa lives in Lapland, at the North Pole. From there, every year he travels on his sleigh drawn by flying reindeer to bring gifts to all the children of the world. But how does he do it? We’re talking billions of gifts in just a few hours. This may seem impossible in our world, but not in a world controlled by laws of quantum physics. Therefore, one more information should be added to the address of Santa Claus: he is located at the hypothetical North Pole, located in the quantum world.
There are many physicists who have friendly calculated how Santa Claus might do his job in quantum world. If you lived with us, you would have to travel hundreds of millions of kilometers 31 hours. A day is slightly longer than 24, but time changes must be taken into account. To get to everything, your sleigh will have to move at speed 6000 times more than sound. In addition, forces will act on it 17,500 times more gravity. It would literally be pulverized. But this is not how it happens at all.
Every year, Santa Claus makes his way smoothly and returns to his home at the North Pole for another 365 days of well-deserved rest. This would be possible in the quantum world, but let’s see why.
Lapland of the Quantum World
Before we start talking about the physical properties of Santa Claus, it is important to make it clear that all these speculations have no real scientific basis. Santa Claus is a magical creature, that’s all.
But if it weren’t for the magic of Christmas, it would really take a little the quantum physics. And perhaps it will depend on something known as principle of quantum superposition.
This applies both to elementary particles and to other, more complex particles such as photons. In general, this applies to any particle small enough to be affected by principles of quantum physics.
If this is true, then the particle may be in several states at the same time. This means, for example, that it can have multiple energies or multiple positions at the same time. This is explained very well by a thought experiment Shroedinger `s cat.
This describes cat locked in a box which contains a radioactive substance and a bottle of poison. At the top of the jar is a hammer attached to an alpha particle detector. If the detector detects one of these particles, it activates a mechanism that causes the hammer to fall onto the bottle, releasing the poison. These alpha particles may come from a radioactive substance that is also in the box. There is a 50% chance that one of the atoms of the said substance will decay, releasing alpha particles. In this case, the cat will die. Otherwise the cat would be alive.
According to quantum physics and the principle of superposition, the cat will alive and dead at the same time, since particles of a radioactive substance can be in both states. It is often said that this only happens when the box is closed. If it opens, the cat will either be dead or alive. And this also applies to Santa Claus.
Dimensions destroy magic
According to quantum physics, this principle of quantum superposition is valid as long as no measurements are made. By measuring the state of particles, only one can be detected. So when you open the box and look inside, the cat will either be alive or dead.
Despite the efforts of many children watching the fireplace on Christmas Eve, none of them managed to see Father Christmas leaving gifts. And thank God! If they did, quantum superposition would be broken and Santa would no longer be able to be in two positions at once. That is, he could not visit several houses at the same time, leaving gifts for all the children in the world. That’s why he hides so well.
Super shield to protect Santa’s sleigh
According to physicists at the University of Chicago, Santa Claus must carry an ion shield on his sleigh. Will join them a magnetic fieldwhich would surround the vehicle, preventing air friction from destroying it when driving at exorbitant speeds.
We have already agreed that Santa Claus can be in two places at the same time, but just in case, he better move quickly.
In short, we already know that Santa Claus lives in the quantum world. Perhaps, before leaving his house at the North Pole, he will introduce a little Pym particles, like Antman, become tiny and travel around this tiny world controlled by quantum physics. It’s a pretty interesting alternative to magic, we can’t deny that.
Source: Hiper Textual
