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Quantum Coherence of Top Quark Pairs Produced at LHC

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-02-25 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We study quantum coherence in top-antitop production at the LHC by comparing Standard Model predictions with CMS data across different kinematic regimes. Theory and experiment are statistically consistent in the near-threshold and boosted central regions, confirming that the spin-density framework captures the dominant helicity-interference structure. The intermediate-mass window shows a noticeable deviation, indicating enhanced sensitivity to radiative QCD effects. This work reinterprets measured spin-correlation data within a quantum-coherence framework, thereby introducing coherence as a complementary and experimentally grounded probe of the Standard Model spin structure and a potentially sensitive diagnostic of new-physics effects in the top-quark sector.

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@article{arxiv.2602.21069,
  title  = {Quantum Coherence of Top Quark Pairs Produced at LHC},
  author = {Saeed Haddadi and Majid Azizi and Artur Czerwinski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.21069},
  year   = {2026}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure. All comments are welcome