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Polarization difference between hyperons and anti-hyperons induced by external magnetic field

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2019-10-16 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We investigate the quantum correlated ΛΛˉ\Lambda \bar{\Lambda} production in the reaction e+eJ/ψΛΛˉe^{+}e^{-} \to J/\psi \to \Lambda \bar{\Lambda}. Since the Λ\Lambda or Λˉ\bar{\Lambda} has a nonzero magnetic moment, its spin will undergo a Larmor precession in the magnetic field of the detector, such as the BESIII experiment. Because of the spin precession, the angular distribution of the Λ\Lambda and Λˉ\bar{\Lambda} is slightly modified. Therefore, we obtain the corresponding term of the modified angular distribution due to the effect of the Larmor precession. We also estimate its potential effect on the measurements of CPCP violation, as well as the decay asymmetry parameter and polarization of Λ\Lambda. The polarization of the Λ\Lambda or Λˉ\bar{\Lambda} at the production vertex will rotate around the BB-field axis, over an angle depending on the flight length in, but it still could be measured by fit to the corrected angular distribution. Of important, We conclude that a nonzero CPCP asymmetry of order 10410^{-4} will be caused once neglecting spin precession of the Λ\Lambda and Λˉ\bar{\Lambda} in the e+eJ/ψΛΛˉe^{+}e^{-} \to J/\psi \to \Lambda \bar{\Lambda} process. The size of this CPCP asymmetry is several times that of predicted within Standard Model in the hyperon decay. Although this effect is small, it will play an important role in future high precision experiments, such as the super-tau-charm factory.

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@article{arxiv.1907.01151,
  title  = {Polarization difference between hyperons and anti-hyperons induced by external magnetic field},
  author = {Hai-Bo Li and Xin-Xin Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.01151},
  year   = {2019}
}
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