Journal article
Authors list: Go, 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 year: 2007
Journal: Physical Review Letters
Volume number: 99
Issue number: 13
ISSN: 0031-9007
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.131802
Publisher: American 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 style: Go, 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 style: Go, 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 INEQUALITY; B-MESONS; EPR EXPERIMENT; INTERFERENCE; NONSEPARABILITY; PARTICLE PHYSICS; Photons; QUANTUM-MECHANICS; VIOLATION