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Toponium effects on quantum steering and Bell nonlocality of top quarks

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-06-29 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment Quantum Physics

Abstract

We investigate quantum steering and Bell nonlocality in top-quark pair production at the LHC near threshold. The toponium contribution strengthens the spin-singlet component and substantially enhances the entanglement between the two quark spins. With current LHC data, quantum steering appears observable with a statistical significance around 10σ10\sigma. For Bell nonlocality, the statistical significance can also be high close to threshold, reaching about 9σ9\sigma, although the feasibility of such a measurement will depend crucially on the control of systematic uncertainties.

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@article{arxiv.2606.30768,
  title  = {Toponium effects on quantum steering and Bell nonlocality of top quarks},
  author = {J. A. Aguilar-Saavedra and S. Rodríguez-Benítez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.30768},
  year   = {2026}
}

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