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Quantum decoherence signatures in charmless non-leptonic $B$ decays

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-11-18 v1

Abstract

Quantum coherence plays a crucial role in the dynamics of neutral meson systems, aiding in the extraction of various Standard Model parameters. However, real physical systems always interact with their surroundings, which causes decoherence. In case of time dependent analysis of non-leptonic neutral BB meson decays, this decoherence can be modeled using a single parameter, λ\lambda. Since decoherence can affect the observed dynamics of flavor oscillations and CP violation, it becomes essential to revisit the key SM parameters such as the CKM angles (α,β,γ)(\alpha, \beta, \gamma) and the mass differences of neutral BB mesons (Δmd,s\Delta m_{d,s}). In this work, we study the CKM phase β\beta as well as the penguin contributions in the Bd0J/ψKSB_d^0 \to J/\psi K_S decay mode in the presence of decoherence. We employ the pseudo-experiment (Toy Monte-Carlo) technique and perform an SU(3)FSU(3)_F analysis using the Bd0J/ψπ0B_d^0 \to J/\psi \pi^0 process. Furthermore, we investigate the Bd0π+πB_d^0 \to \pi^+ \pi^- decay mode to understand how the decoherence influences the CP violating observables. Our findings reveal that the presence of decoherence can affect crucially the measured values of the observables.

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@article{arxiv.2511.12958,
  title  = {Quantum decoherence signatures in charmless non-leptonic $B$ decays},
  author = {Dhiren Panda and Manas Kumar Mohapatra and Rukmani Mohanta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.12958},
  year   = {2025}
}

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26 pages, 9 figures

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