Bell inequality is violated in charmonium decays

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Hauptverfasser: Fabbrichesi, M., Floreanini, R., Gabrielli, E., Marzola, L.
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author Fabbrichesi, M.
Floreanini, R.
Gabrielli, E.
Marzola, L.
author_facet Fabbrichesi, M.
Floreanini, R.
Gabrielli, E.
Marzola, L.
contents The experimental data on the helicity amplitudes of charmonium decays allow us to measure entanglement in final state spin correlations and test possible violations of the Bell inequality. We find that the Bell inequality is violated with a significance of 5$σ$ or more in the decays $η_{c}, \, χ_{c}^{0}, \, J/ψ\to Λ+\bar Λ$ $J/ψ\to Ξ^- +\bar Ξ^+,\; Ξ^0 +\bar Ξ^0, \;Σ^{-} +\bar Σ^{+},\; Σ^{0} +\bar Σ^{0}$, $ψ(3686) \to Ξ^- +\bar Ξ^+,\; Σ^- +\bar Σ^+,\; Σ^{0} +\bar Σ^{0}$, $χ^{0}_{c}, \, χ_{c}^{1} \to ϕ+ ϕ$ . The decays $ψ(3686) \to Λ+\bar Λ$ and $Ξ^0 +\bar Ξ^0$ show the same violation but with less significance. The decay $ψ(3686) \to Ω^- + \bar Ω^+$ displays entanglement. These results firmly establish the presence of entanglement and quantum non-separability at high energies, in a setting with particles of different spins and interacting through electroweak and strong interactions. In addition, the relatively long lifetime of some of the strange baryons produced in the decays provides a natural probe to test whether quantum spin correlations remain after the particles have interacted with the beam pipe and the first few layers of the detector.
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spellingShingle Bell inequality is violated in charmonium decays
Fabbrichesi, M.
Floreanini, R.
Gabrielli, E.
Marzola, L.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
The experimental data on the helicity amplitudes of charmonium decays allow us to measure entanglement in final state spin correlations and test possible violations of the Bell inequality. We find that the Bell inequality is violated with a significance of 5$σ$ or more in the decays $η_{c}, \, χ_{c}^{0}, \, J/ψ\to Λ+\bar Λ$ $J/ψ\to Ξ^- +\bar Ξ^+,\; Ξ^0 +\bar Ξ^0, \;Σ^{-} +\bar Σ^{+},\; Σ^{0} +\bar Σ^{0}$, $ψ(3686) \to Ξ^- +\bar Ξ^+,\; Σ^- +\bar Σ^+,\; Σ^{0} +\bar Σ^{0}$, $χ^{0}_{c}, \, χ_{c}^{1} \to ϕ+ ϕ$ . The decays $ψ(3686) \to Λ+\bar Λ$ and $Ξ^0 +\bar Ξ^0$ show the same violation but with less significance. The decay $ψ(3686) \to Ω^- + \bar Ω^+$ displays entanglement. These results firmly establish the presence of entanglement and quantum non-separability at high energies, in a setting with particles of different spins and interacting through electroweak and strong interactions. In addition, the relatively long lifetime of some of the strange baryons produced in the decays provides a natural probe to test whether quantum spin correlations remain after the particles have interacted with the beam pipe and the first few layers of the detector.
title Bell inequality is violated in charmonium decays
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.17772