Limits Of Quantum Information In Weak Interaction Processes Of Hyperons

Autor(en)

B. C. Hiesmayr

Abstrakt

We analyze the achievable limits of the quantum information processing of the weak interaction revealed by hyperons with spin. We find that the weak decay process corresponds to an interferometric device with a fixed visibility and fixed phase difference for each hyperon. Nature chooses rather low visibilities expressing a preference to parity conserving or violating processes (except for the decay 0). The decay process can be considered as an open quantum channel that carries the information of the hyperon spin to the angular distribution of the momentum of the daughter particles. We find a simple geometrical information theoretic interpretation of this process: two quantization axes are chosen spontaneously with probabilities where α is proportional to the visibility times the real part of the phase shift. Differently stated, the weak interaction process corresponds to spin measurements with an imperfect Stern-Gerlach apparatus. Equipped with this information theoretic insight we show how entanglement can be measured in these systems and why Bellâ €™ s nonlocality (in contradiction to common misconception in literature) cannot be revealed in hyperon decays. Last but not least we study under which circumstances contextuality can be revealed.

Organisation(en)

Teilchenphysik

Journal

Scientific Reports

Band

5

Anzahl der Seiten

10

ISSN

2045-2322

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1038/srep11591

Publikationsdatum

07-2015

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103034 Teilchenphysik

Schlagwörter

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/16a34510-61eb-42e8-9624-a1fa04fe3b36