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arXiv:2410.17025 · Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

Testing Bell inequalities and probing quantum entanglement at CEPC

Youpeng Wu, Ruobing Jiang, Alim Ruzi, Y. Ban, Xueqing Yan, Qiang Li

Published Feb 6, 2025• 16 citations
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Abstract

We study quantum entanglement and test violation of Bell-type inequality at the Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC), which is one of the most attractive future collides. It is a promising particle collider designed to search new physics, make Standard Model (SM) precision measurements, and serving as a Higgs factory. Our study is based on a fast simulation of the Z boson pair production from Higgs boson decay at s = 250 GeV . The detector effects are also included in the simulation. The spin density matrix of the joint Z Z system is parametrized using irreducible tensor operators and reconstructed from the spherical coordinates of the decay leptons. To test Bell inequalities, we construct observable quantities for the H → Z Z * process in CEPC by using the Collins-Gisin-Linden-Massar-Popescu (CGLMP) inequality, whose value is determined from the density matrix of the Z boson pairs. The sensitivity of the Bell inequality violation is observed with more than 1 σ and the presence of the quantum entanglement is probed with more than 2 σ confidence level.

DOI
10.1103/physrevd.111.036008

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