Classical Illustrations of CP Violation in Kaon Decays
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2008-11-26 v2
Abstract
It is easy to construct classical 2-state systems illustrating the behavior of the short-lived and long-lived neutral mesons in the limit of CP conservation. The emulation of CP violation is more tricky, but is provided by the two-dimensional motion of a Foucault pendulum. Analogies are drawn between the pendulum and observables in neutral kaon decays. An emulation of CP- and CPT-violation using electric circuits is also discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9912506,
title = {Classical Illustrations of CP Violation in Kaon Decays},
author = {Jonathan L. Rosner and Scott A. Slezak},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9912506},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
13 pages, latex, version resubmitted to Am. J. Phys