Entanglement as a probe of hadronization
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| author | Datta, Jaydeep Deshpande, Abhay Kharzeev, Dmitri E. Naïm, Charles Joseph Tu, Zhoudunming |
| author_facet | Datta, Jaydeep Deshpande, Abhay Kharzeev, Dmitri E. Naïm, Charles Joseph Tu, Zhoudunming |
| contents | Recently, it was discovered that the proton structure at high energies exhibits maximal entanglement. This leads to a simple relation between the proton's parton distributions and the entropy of hadrons produced in high-energy inelastic interactions that has been experimentally confirmed. In this letter, we extend this approach to the production of jets. Here, the maximal entanglement predicts a relation between the jet fragmentation function and the entropy of hadrons produced in jet fragmentation. We test this relation using the ATLAS Collaboration data on jet production at the Large Hadron Collider and find good agreement between the prediction based on maximal entanglement within the jet and the data. This study represents the first use of the quantum entanglement framework in the experimental study of the hadronization process, offering a new perspective on the transition from perturbative to non-perturbative QCD. Our results open the door to a more comprehensive understanding of the quantum nature of hadronization. |
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| spellingShingle | Entanglement as a probe of hadronization Datta, Jaydeep Deshpande, Abhay Kharzeev, Dmitri E. Naïm, Charles Joseph Tu, Zhoudunming High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory Recently, it was discovered that the proton structure at high energies exhibits maximal entanglement. This leads to a simple relation between the proton's parton distributions and the entropy of hadrons produced in high-energy inelastic interactions that has been experimentally confirmed. In this letter, we extend this approach to the production of jets. Here, the maximal entanglement predicts a relation between the jet fragmentation function and the entropy of hadrons produced in jet fragmentation. We test this relation using the ATLAS Collaboration data on jet production at the Large Hadron Collider and find good agreement between the prediction based on maximal entanglement within the jet and the data. This study represents the first use of the quantum entanglement framework in the experimental study of the hadronization process, offering a new perspective on the transition from perturbative to non-perturbative QCD. Our results open the door to a more comprehensive understanding of the quantum nature of hadronization. |
| title | Entanglement as a probe of hadronization |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.22331 |