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New test of neutrino oscillation coherence with Leggett–Garg inequality

Leggett–Garg inequality (LGI) is a time analogue of Bell’s inequality that concerns measurements performed on a system at different times. Violation to LGI indicates quantum coherence. We present a Leggett–Garg-type inequality compatible with more general neutrino oscillation frameworks, allowing th...

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Published in:The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields Particles and fields, 2022-02, Vol.82 (2), p.1-7, Article 133
Main Authors: Wang, Xing-Zhi, Ma, Bo-Qiang
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Language:English
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Summary:Leggett–Garg inequality (LGI) is a time analogue of Bell’s inequality that concerns measurements performed on a system at different times. Violation to LGI indicates quantum coherence. We present a Leggett–Garg-type inequality compatible with more general neutrino oscillation frameworks, allowing the effects of decoherence to be taken into consideration. The inequality is applied to test coherence for data from Daya Bay, MINOS, and KamLAND experiments, and their results are compared to theoretical predictions to investigate decoherence. Both Daya Bay and MINOS data exhibit clear violations of over 10 σ , and of over 90 % of theoretical predictions, while the KamLAND data exhibit violation of 1.9 σ , being of 58 % of the theoretical prediction. The present work is the first to have considered the energy uncertainties in neutrino coherence tests.
ISSN:1434-6044
1434-6052
DOI:10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10053-1