Quantum interactions may have locked early universe’s fields into existing energy states

October 5, 2026 · 10:20 pm 1 sources

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• Quantum interactions may have locked early universe's fields into existing energy states
  Phys.org · October 5, 2026 22:20
  The universe may be trapped in its own comfort zone, and a researcher in the College of Engineering and Computer Science has helped explain why it cannot seem to leave. A new study suggests the universe could be locked into its current state by the same kinds of quantum effects that scientists…