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Three Photon Entanglement from Ortho-Positronium Revisited

Quantum Physics 2017-11-22 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Entanglement of three photons from the decay of ortho-positronium is re-analyzed. We use the full three body phase space to write down the entangled states classified according to the spin directions of the ortho-positronium. Even in the case when the spin is perpendicular to the decay plane, we find non-negligible phases entering the entangled state. This has not been noticed before. We advocate a fixed quantization axis of the spin for the sake of generality. A brief discussion of a three dimensional formalism for photons, including correlations, versus a two dimensional one is given.

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@article{arxiv.1708.07568,
  title  = {Three Photon Entanglement from Ortho-Positronium Revisited},
  author = {Marek Nowakowski and Diego Bedoya Fierro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.07568},
  year   = {2017}
}

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Proceedings of the second Jagiellonian Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Subatomic Physics