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Quantum correlation of neutral charmed mesons at BESIII

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2026-01-26 v1

Abstract

BESIII has recently accumulated a large data sample near the ψ(3770)\psi(3770) production threshold corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20 fb120\text{ fb}^{-1}. Neutral D0Dˉ0D^0\bar{D}^0 pairs produced at the ψ(3770)\psi(3770) are in a CC-odd correlated state, providing a unique laboratory to measure the strong-phase differences between D0D^0 and Dˉ0\bar{D}^0 decays. These parameters are essential inputs to the study of CP violation in heavy-flavor physics, primarily in the determinations of the CKM angle gamma and charm-mixing parameters. These proceedings report new measurements of strong-phase differences in different neutral DD decays at BESIII, including new measurements of the strong phases in DK+Kπ+πD\to K^+K^-\pi^+\pi^- decays. Additionally reported is the first observation of correlated DDDD pairs produced at e+ee^+e^- center-of-mass energies above the ψ(3770)\psi(3770) threshold, where e+eDDˉe^+e^-\to D^{*}\bar{D} and e+eDDˉe^+e^-\to D^{*}\bar{D}^{*} processes also occur. These processes produce both CC-odd and CC-even correlated D0Dˉ0D^0\bar{D}^0 pairs, which allow for new measurement techniques to determine strong-phases from previously unused datasets.

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@article{arxiv.2601.16768,
  title  = {Quantum correlation of neutral charmed mesons at BESIII},
  author = {Alex Gilman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.16768},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

For the BESIII Collaboration. Proceedings of the 32nd International Symposium on Lepton Photon Interactions at High Energies, Madison, Wisconsin