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Quantum Entanglement without Spin-Analyzing Power Dependence at the Colliders

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-10-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We study the quantum entanglement at the colliders which is independent of the spin-analyzing powers. Taking Λ(pπ)Λˉ(pˉπ+)\Lambda(\to p\pi^-)\bar{\Lambda}(\to \bar{p}\pi^+) as an example, we investigate whether quantum entanglement in fermion pairs produced at colliders can be certified by using only angular information from final-state decays, while remaining independent of the parity-violating decay parameters αΛ\alpha_\Lambda and αΛˉ\alpha_{\bar{\Lambda}}. Building on a general decomposition of any angular observable in terms of Wigner d-functions, we show that the expectation value must take the form O0+O1αΛ+O2αΛˉ+O3αΛαΛˉ\mathcal{O}_0+\mathcal{O}_1\alpha_\Lambda+\mathcal{O}_2\alpha_{\bar{\Lambda}}+\mathcal{O}_3\alpha_\Lambda\alpha_{\bar{\Lambda}}, with coefficients Oi\mathcal{O}_i (i=0,1,2,3i=0,1,2,3) linear in the spin-density matrix elements αk,jαm,n\alpha_{k,j}\alpha^*_{m,n}. We obtain the value ranges of observables over the general and separable spaces of αk,j\alpha_{k,j}, and demonstrate a sufficient entanglement condition for pure states, extending it to mixed states by convexity. In constructing an αΛ\alpha_\Lambda- and αΛˉ\alpha_{\bar{\Lambda}}-independent witness from angular observables alone, we find that there are obstacles to probe quantum entanglement via the inequality-type and ratio-type ways. Finally, we present the successful constructions with additional spin information: for the process of e+eJ/ΨΛΛˉe^+e^-\to J/\Psi\to \Lambda\bar{\Lambda} at e+ee^+ e^- collider, independent spin information provided by beam-axis selection enables the construction of normalized observables fi (i=1,2)f_i~(i=1,2) that are insensitive to αΛ\alpha_\Lambda and αΛˉ\alpha_{\bar{\Lambda}}; if their measured values lie in [1,12)(12,1]\left[-1,-\tfrac{1}{2}\right)\cup\left(\tfrac{1}{2},1\right], entanglement is certified, irrespective of purity or mixedness.

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@article{arxiv.2510.08031,
  title  = {Quantum Entanglement without Spin-Analyzing Power Dependence at the Colliders},
  author = {Junle Pei and Tianjun Li and Lina Wu and Xiqing Hao and Xiaochuan Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.08031},
  year   = {2025}
}

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