Testing ER = EPR with Hydrogen
Quantum Physics
2026-04-09 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
According to the ER = EPR conjecture, entangled particles are connected by quantum wormholes. Under the assumption that some of the electric field surrounding an entangled charged particle leaks into the wormhole, we show that this effect will modify the hyperfine structure of the hydrogen atom. In addition, if the quantum wormholes are non-traversable, this will also lead to a non-zero total effective charge for the hydrogen atom. These effects provide strong constraints on the amplitude of this potential ER = EPR effect, given high-precision measurements of the hydrogen atom's hyperfine structure and total charge.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2512.02156,
title = {Testing ER = EPR with Hydrogen},
author = {Irfan Javed and Edward Wilson-Ewing},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.02156},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
7 pages. v2: Clarifications added. Published with the title "Testing wormhole-mediated entanglement with hydrogen"