Tests of macrorealism in meson oscillation physics
- Author(s)
- Massimo Blasone, Fabrizio Illuminati, Luciano Petruzziello, Kyrylo Simonov, Luca Smaldone
- Abstract
Macrorealism formalizes the seemingly intuitive notion that, in contrast with the principles of quantum mechanics, a physical system can be in a definite state at any given time and moreover its dynamical evolution is independent of the measurements performed on it. In this study, we carry out a comparative analysis between three-time Leggett–Garg-type inequalities and the conditions of no-signaling-in-time and arrow-of-time for macrorealism within the context of meson oscillations. Our findings indicate that, under given initial conditions, no violations of Leggett–Garg inequalities are observed. However, no-signaling-in-time conditions are found to be violated, thereby revealing the impossibility of applying a macrorealistic description to the physics of meson oscillations.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Mathematics
- External organisation(s)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Napoli, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Universität Ulm
- Journal
- Physical Review A
- Volume
- 109
- ISSN
- 2469-9926
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.109.062209
- Publication date
- 06-2024
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103025 Quantum mechanics, 103034 Particle physics
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/a7daf620-f547-4e3d-8949-9576967d5079