Quantum information and CP measurement in at future lepton colliders
arXiv:2211.10513 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.107.093002
Abstract
We introduce a methodology and investigate the feasibility of measuring quantum properties of tau lepton pairs in the decay at future lepton colliders. In particular, observation of entanglement, steerability and violation of Bell inequalities are examined for the ILC and FCC-ee. We find that detecting quantum correlation crucially relies on precise reconstruction of the tau lepton rest frame and a simple kinematics reconstruction does not suffice due to the finite energy resolution of the colliding beams and detectors. To correct for energy mismeasurements, a log-likelihood method is developed that incorporates the information of impact parameters of tau lepton decays. We demonstrate that an accurate measurement of quantum properties is possible with this method. As a by-product, we show that a novel model-independent test of CP violation can be performed and the CP-phase of interaction can be constrained with an accuracy comparable to dedicated analyses, i.e., up to and at ILC and FCC-ee, respectively.
14 pages, 2 figures, Version published in PRD