Experimenters can entangle particle pairs and hold them in isolation at remote positions and not observe collapse for an arbitrary time. Can a remote positioning of entangled particles exist in a natural sense? Does the universe, as an observer, have a plank level collapse period that would prevent any pairs from attaining any real distance from each other before collapse?  I see this question arising from the instantaneous collapse of virtual particle pairs in space, and wonder if there is no "distant" collapse possible without a deliberate act of a particular experimenter's intentions.

Edited October 28, 20232 yr by hoola

2 hours ago, hoola said:

Experimenters can entangle particle pairs and hold them in isolation at remote positions and not observe collapse for an arbitrary time.

Can they ?