If a wave function collapses is the particle entanglement destroyed? This is what I have heard, I spent some time hunting, but I could never find an answer to this, so I've assumed it to be the general conensus.
I was wondering: If a wave function collapses, is that not a continuation of an association between two, or a group of, particles? Shouldn't the particles still be entangled? The other part of this which confuses me, does that imply that all particles are entangled with each other? Or does particle entanglement only occur when particles come into physical contact, and then ceases once that particular wave function collapses?
Additionally, depending on the responses, let's say two particles are entangled... If a 3rd particle causes a disturbance by physically contacting one of the other particles, will that 3rd particle now be entangled to both of the other particles?