Is it possible that we are living in a 2-D hologram?

A unique experiment, named Holometer, conducted by the scientists at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory of the United States Department of Energy may give us the answers to several questions related to the universe and the existence of humans in it.

Crucial data is being collected by the experiment already. This may solve many mysteries related to the universe and answer questions like whether we are living in a 2-D hologram world.

Researchers are of the view that 3-D may just be an illusion. Every detail about the universe may be encoded in tiny packets in the two dimensional space, they said.

Probing in the limits of universe in order to store information is the main aim of this experiment. Fermilab?s Holometer or holographic interferometer, the most sensitive device ever developed, was used in the experiment for testing these limits.

Two interferometers placed close to one another are used by a Holometer. The device sends 1 kW laser bean at a beam splitter and two 40 meters long perpendicular arms. The light beam comes back to the beam splitter. Here, both the beams recombine to create fluctuating brightness whenever there is a motion.

The brightness fluctuations in reflecting beam of light was analysed by the researchers for the experiment. This was done in order to find out whether the beam splitter is moving in space in a certain way. According to scientists, Holographic noise is probably present at all frequencies. They also warned against being fooled by other vibrating sources.

The frequency tests are being carried at high pace by the Holometer Device, the scientists say. The holometer experiment is designed in a way that it gets rid of background noises which come from conventional sources and identifies the ones that are worthy for research work.

"It's an exciting moment for physics. If a noise is spotted that we can't get rid of, we might be detecting something fundamental about nature'a noise that is intrinsic to spacetime" added lead Aaron Chou, lead scientist and project manager.