Causality in Kaon Decays
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Causality in Kaon Decays |
| Read in full | Link to paper |
| Author(s) | Tom Love |
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| Published | 2010 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the NPA |
| Volume | 7 |
| No. of pages | 1 |
| Pages | 302 |
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Abstract
The question we want to analyze is described by Branco, Lavoura and Silva: There is no other particle with equal mass. Therefore, KL must be its own antiparticle. It decays both to Pi+e−Nue and to the C-conjugate mode Pi−e+Nue. However, it decays slightly less often to the first than to the second mode. This fact unequivocally establishes both C violation and CP violation.
There is an unstated assumption in their statement: the decays of the kaon are internal (independent of the background) and acausal (they have no cause). These assumptions come from standard quantum mechanics. We show that there is a cause for their decay and there is neither C violation nor CP violation in the decays of the kaon. The asymmetry in the decays is due to the asymmetry of the background, not an inherent difference.