The unobserved quantum side doesn't care about time or distance so the order goes something like this:

1. quantum field excitation of a new particle is about to happen
    
2. it gets assigned a path in the quantum field
    
3. if the path contains a spacetime enactor (a detector), it swaps the particle to be physical
    
4. the particle or wave is sent via the quantum field if it's a wave / spacetime if physical

3 hours ago, scifimath said:

if the path contains a spacetime enactor (a detector), it swaps the particle to be physical

What if the path has no detector initially but a detector is placed along the path while particle is in transit? What happens according to you?

Or if detector is removed while particle is in transit?

 

Edited August 30, 20196 yr by Ghideon
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