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arxiv: hep-ph/0311232 · v1 · submitted 2003-11-19 · ✦ hep-ph · quant-ph

Quantitative duality and quantum erasure for neutral kaons

classification ✦ hep-ph quant-ph
keywords quantumkaonneutralkaonsquantitativerolestrangenesssystem
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The aim of this contribution is to illustrate two basic aspects of quantum mechanics applied to the neutral kaon system. We first describe a recent quantitative formulation of Bohr's complementarity principle for free--space evolution of single kaons and entangled kaon pairs. We then show that the neutral kaon system is also suitable for an optimal demonstration of the ``quantum eraser'', including its operation in the ``delayed choice'' mode. In our discussions, strangeness oscillations play the role of the traditional interference pattern linked to wave--like behaviour. The role of the two interferometric paths taken by particle--like objects is played by the differently propagating $K_S$ and $K_L$ components. Their distinct decay widths provide a quantum ``mark'' which can be erased by appropriate strangeness measurements.

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