Test of the Equivalence Principle from K Physics

Abstract

A violation of the equivalence principle (VEP) in the Kaon system can, in principle, induce oscillations between $K^{\circ }$ and $\overline{K^{\circ }}$ in a manner that need not violate CPT conservation. We show that such a CPT-conserved VEP mechanism could be clearly tested experimentally through the energy dependence of the $K_L-K_S$ mass difference and discuss constraints imposed by present experiments.

Latex, 6 pages, 1 figure