Test of CPT and Lorentz symmetry in entangled neutral kaons with the KLOE experiment

• Published in: Physics letters. B Vol. 730; pp. 89 - 94
• Main Authors: Babusci, D., Balwierz-Pytko, I., Bencivenni, G., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Caldeira Balkeståhl, L., Capon, G., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwiński, E., Danè, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Robertis, G., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Di Donato, C., Di Salvo, R., Domenici, D., Erriquez, O., Fanizzi, G., Fantini, A., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Franzini, P., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giardina, G., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Happacher, F., Heijkenskjöld, L., Höistad, B., Jacewicz, M., Johansson, T., Kacprzak, K., Kamińska, D., Kupsc, A., Lee-Franzini, J., Loddo, F., Loffredo, S., Mandaglio, G., Martemianov, M., Martini, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Nguyen, F., Palladino, A., Passeri, A., Patera, V., Prado Longhi, I., Ranieri, A., Santangelo, P., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Sciascia, B., Silarski, M., Taccini, C., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wiślicki, W., Wolke, M., Zdebik, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 07-03-2014
• Subjects: CPT symmetry; Decay; Elementary particles; Entangled states; Invariance; Kaons; Lorentz symmetry; Mathematical models; Neutral kaons; phi-Factory; Searching; Symmetry; ϕ-Factory; CPT symmetry; ϕ-Factory; Lorentz symmetry; Neutral kaons
• ISSN: 0370-2693; 1873-2445; 1873-2445
• DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2014.01.026

Neutral kaon pairs produced in ϕ decays in anti-symmetric entangled state can be exploited to search for violation of CPT symmetry and Lorentz invariance. We present an analysis of the CP-violating process ϕ→KSKL→π+π−π+π− based on 1.7 fb−1 of data collected by the KLOE experiment at the Frascati ϕ-factory DAΦNE. The data are used to perform a measurement of the CPT-violating parameters Δaμ for neutral kaons in the context of the Standard Model Extension framework. The parameters measured in the reference frame of the fixed stars are:Δa0=(−6.0±7.7stat±3.1syst)×10−18 GeV,ΔaX=(0.9±1.5stat±0.6syst)×10−18 GeV,ΔaY=(−2.0±1.5stat±0.5syst)×10−18 GeV,ΔaZ=(3.1±1.7stat±0.5syst)×10−18 GeV. These are presently the most precise measurements in the quark sector of the Standard Model Extension.