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Spin correlations and Bell nonlocality in $\Lambda\bar\Lambda$ pair production from $e^+e^-$ collisions with a thrust cut

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-11-18 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We present a comprehensive theoretical study of spin correlations in ΛΛˉ\Lambda\bar{\Lambda} production from e+ee^+e^- annihilation, providing the theoretical predictions for the Belle II experiment. Using soft-collinear effective theory, we perform the first resummation of large logarithms for the longitudinal (CLLC_{LL}) and transverse (CTTC_{TT}) spin correlations for events with a cut on the thrust variable. Our calculation achieves next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy and incorporates the determination of polarized fragmenting jet functions. This framework provides robust predictions with significantly reduced theoretical uncertainties compared to fixed-order parton model approaches. Furthermore, we establish a direct mapping between the experimentally accessible spin correlation, CTTC_{TT}, and a testable CHSH-Bell inequality. This result reframes CTTC_{TT} as a quantitative probe of quantum decoherence, providing a novel tool to measure the degree of parton-level entanglement that survives the fragmentation and hadronization process.

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@article{arxiv.2507.15387,
  title  = {Spin correlations and Bell nonlocality in $\Lambda\bar\Lambda$ pair production from $e^+e^-$ collisions with a thrust cut},
  author = {Shi-Jia Lin and Ming-Jun Liu and Ding Yu Shao and Shu-Yi Wei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.15387},
  year   = {2025}
}

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32 pages, 5 figures, journal version

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