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Measurement of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-type flavor entanglement in Y(4S) → B0(B)over-bar0 decays


Authors listGo, A.; Bay, A.; Abe, K.; Aihara, H.; Anipko, D.; Aulchenko, V.; Aushev, T.; Bakich, A. M.; Barberio, E.; Belous, K.; Bitenc, U.; Bizjak, I.; Blyth, S.; Bozek, A.; Bracko, M.; Browder, T. E.; Chang, P.; Chao, Y.; Chen, A.; Chen, K.-F.; Chen, W. T.; Cheon, B. G.; Chistov, R.; Choi, Y.; Choi, Y. K.; Cole, S.; Dalseno, J.; Danilov, M.; Dash, M.; Drutskoy, A.; Eidelman, S.; Epifanov, D.; Fratina, S.; Gabyshev, N.; Gershon, T.; Gokhroo, G.; Golob, B.; Gorisek, A.; Ha, H.; Hastings, N. C.; Hayasaka, K.; Hayashii, H.; Hazumi, M.; Heffernan, D.; Hokuue, T.; Hoshi, Y.; Hou, S.; Hou, W.-S.; Iijima, T.; Ikado, K.; Imoto, A.; Inami, K.; Ishikawa, A.; Ishino, H.; Itoh, R.; Iwasaki, M.; Iwasaki, Y.; Jacoby, C.; Kang, J. H.; Katayama, N.; Kawasaki, T.; Khan, H. R.; Kichimi, H.; Kim, H. J.; Kim, S. K.; Kim, Y. J.; Kinoshita, K.; Korpar, S.; Krizan, P.; Krokovny, P.; Kulasiri, R.; Kumar, R.; Kuo, C. C.; Kuzmin, A.; Kwon, Y.-J.; Lange, J. S.; Lee, J.; Lee, M. J.; Lesiak, T.; Limosani, A.; Lin, S.-W.; Liu, Y.; Liventsev, D.; Matsumoto, T.; Matyja, A.; McOnie, S.; Mitaroff, W.; Miyake, H.; Miyata, H.; Miyazaki, Y.; Mizuk, R.; Mori, T.; Nakano, E.; Nakao, M.; Natkaniec, Z.; Nishida, S.; Nitoh, O.; Ogawa, S.; Ohshima, T.; Olsen, S. L.; Onuki, Y.; Pakhlov, P.; Pakhlova, G.; Palka, H.; Park, C. W.; Park, H.; Peak, L. S.; Pestotnik, R.; Peters, M.; Piilonen, L. E.; Sahoo, H.; Sakai, Y.; Satoyama, N.; Schietinger, T.; Schneider, O.; Schumann, J.; Schwartz, A. J.; Seidl, R.; Senyo, K.; Shapkin, M.; Shibuya, H.; Shwartz, B.; Singh, J. B.; Somov, A.; Soni, N.; Stanic, S.; Staric, M.; Stoeck, H.; Sumiyoshi, T.; Takasaki, F.; Tanaka, M.; Taylor, G. N.; Teramoto, Y.; Tian, X. C.; Tikhomirov, I.; Trabelsi, K.; Tsuboyama, T.; Tsukamoto, T.; Uehara, S.; Uglov, T.; Ueno, K.; Unno, Y.; Uno, S.; Varner, G.; Villa, S.; Wang, C. C.; Wang, C. H.; Wang, M.-Z.; Watanabe, Y.; Wicht, J.; Won, E.; Xie, Q. L.; Yabsley, B. D.; Yamaguchi, A.; Yamashita, Y.; Yamauchi, M.; Zhang, Z. P.; Zhilich, V.; Zupanc, A.

Publication year2007

JournalPhysical Review Letters

Volume number99

Issue number13

ISSN0031-9007

DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.131802

PublisherAmerican Physical Society


Abstract
The neutral B meson pair produced at the Y(4S) should exhibit a nonlocal correlation of the type discussed by Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen. We measure this correlation using the time-dependent flavor asymmetry of semileptonic B-0 decays, which we compare with predictions from quantum mechanics and two local realistic models. The data are consistent with quantum mechanics, and inconsistent with the other models. Assuming that some B pairs disentangle to produce B-0 and (B) over tilde (0) with definite flavor, we find a decoherent fraction of 0.029 +/- 0.057, consistent with no decoherence.



Citation Styles

Harvard Citation styleGo, A., Bay, A., Abe, K., Aihara, H., Anipko, D., Aulchenko, V., et al. (2007) Measurement of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-type flavor entanglement in Y(4S) → B0(B)over-bar0 decays, Physical Review Letters, 99(13), Article 131802. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.131802

APA Citation styleGo, A., Bay, A., Abe, K., Aihara, H., Anipko, D., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., Bakich, A., Barberio, E., Belous, K., Bitenc, U., Bizjak, I., Blyth, S., Bozek, A., Bracko, M., Browder, T., Chang, P., Chao, Y., Chen, A., ...Zupanc, A. (2007). Measurement of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-type flavor entanglement in Y(4S) → B0(B)over-bar0 decays. Physical Review Letters. 99(13), Article 131802. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.131802



Keywords


BELL INEQUALITYB-MESONSEPR EXPERIMENTINTERFERENCENONSEPARABILITYPARTICLE PHYSICSPhotonsQUANTUM-MECHANICSVIOLATION

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