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Quantitative duality and quantum erasure for neutral kaons

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

The aim of this contribution is to illustrate two basic aspects of quantum mechanics applied to the neutral kaon system. We first describe a recent quantitative formulation of Bohr's complementarity principle for free--space evolution of single kaons and entangled kaon pairs. We then show that the neutral kaon system is also suitable for an optimal demonstration of the ``quantum eraser'', including its operation in the ``delayed choice'' mode. In our discussions, strangeness oscillations play the role of the traditional interference pattern linked to wave--like behaviour. The role of the two interferometric paths taken by particle--like objects is played by the differently propagating KSK_S and KLK_L components. Their distinct decay widths provide a quantum ``mark'' which can be erased by appropriate strangeness measurements.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0311232,
  title  = {Quantitative duality and quantum erasure for neutral kaons},
  author = {A. Bramon and G. Garbarino and B. C. Hiesmayr},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0311232},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Invited talk at the Workshop on e+e- in the 1-2 GeV range, Alghero, Italy, September 2003 (eConf C0309101)