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Thermal radiation and entanglement in proton-proton collisions at the LHC

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The origin of the apparent thermalization in high-energy collisions is investigated using the data of the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations at the LHC. For this purpose, we analyze the transverse momentum distributions in the following proton-proton collision processes, all at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV: i) inclusive inelastic $pp$ collisions; ii) single- and double-diffractive Drell-Yan production $pp \to \mu^+ \mu^- X$; and iii) Higgs boson production. We confirm the relation between the effective temperature and the hard scattering scale observed at lower energies, and find that it extends even to the Higgs boson production process. In addition we find that the thermal component disappears in diffractive events (even though many charged hadrons are still produced). We discuss the implications of our study for the mechanism of multi-particle production -- in particular, we test the hypothesis about the link between quantum entanglement and thermalization in high-energy collisions.

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Gluon Entanglement Entropy inside a Nucleon: A Toy Model

hep-ph · 2026-05-11 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

In a toy honeycomb-lattice model of a nucleon, gluon entanglement entropy after a sudden quark removal is dominated by dynamically generated contributions during time evolution.

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  • Reciprocal symmetry and KNO scaling violation in proton-proton collisions hep-ph · 2026-04-30 · unverdicted · none · ref 10 · 2 links · internal anchor

    A reciprocal symmetry z↔1/z is identified in KNO scaling violations in pp collisions at 7-13 TeV, imposing P'(<n>)=-P(<n>)/<n> and enabling entanglement entropy extraction from the central multiplicity region.

  • The Maximal Entanglement Limit in Statistical and High Energy Physics quant-ph · 2026-01-01 · unverdicted · none · ref 123 · internal anchor

    Quantum systems reach a Maximal Entanglement Limit where entanglement geometry produces thermal reduced density matrices and probabilistic behavior in statistical and high-energy physics.

  • Gluon Entanglement Entropy inside a Nucleon: A Toy Model hep-ph · 2026-05-11 · unverdicted · none · ref 8

    In a toy honeycomb-lattice model of a nucleon, gluon entanglement entropy after a sudden quark removal is dominated by dynamically generated contributions during time evolution.