A direct test of time-reversal symmetry in the neutral K meson system with KS→ πℓν and KL→ 3π0 at KLOE-2

A Gajos - EPJ Web of Conferences, 2014 - epj-conferences.org
A Gajos
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2014epj-conferences.org
Quantum entanglement of K and B mesons allows for a direct experimental test of time-
reversal symmetry independent of CP violation. The T symmetry can be probed by exchange
of initial and final states in the reversible transitions between flavor and CP-definite states of
the mesons which are only connected by the T conjugation. While such a test was
successfully performed by the BaBar experiment with neutral B mesons, the KLOE-2
detector can probe T-violation in the neutral kaons system by investigating the process with …
Quantum entanglement of K and B mesons allows for a direct experimental test of time-reversal symmetry independent of CP violation. The T symmetry can be probed by exchange of initial and final states in the reversible transitions between flavor and CP- definite states of the mesons which are only connected by the T conjugation. While such a test was successfully performed by the BaBar experiment with neutral B mesons, the KLOE-2 detector can probe T -violation in the neutral kaons system by investigating the process with KSπ±lνl and KL → 3π0 decays. Analysis of the latter is facilitated by a novel reconstruction method for the vertex of KL → 3π0 decay which only involves neutral particles. Details of this new vertex reconstruction technique are presented as well as prospects for conducting the direct T symmetry test at the KLOE-2 experiment.
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