Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1999-08-20
Phys.Rev.Lett. 83 (1999) 4933-4936
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
4 pages including 2 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4933
The origin of the large CP-odd and T-odd asymmetry observed in the decay K_L -> pi^+ pi^- e^+ e^- is traced to the polarization properties of the photon in the decay K_L -> pi^+ pi^- gamma. The Stokes vector of the photon S = (S_1, S_2, S_3) is studied as a function of the photon energy and found to possess CP-violating components S_1 and S_2 which are sizeable over a large part of the phase space, despite being proportional to the epsilon parameter of the K_L wave function. The component S_2 is T-even and manifests itself as a circular polarization of the photon, while S_1 is T-odd and gives rise to the asymmetry observed in K_L -> pi^+ pi^- e^+ e^-. The latter is shown to survive in the ``hermitian'' limit in which all unitarity phases are absent, and represents a genuine example of time reversal symmetry breaking in a CPT invariant theory.
Leusen van J.
Sehgal Lalit M.
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