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CPT Symmetry and Quantum Mechanics Tests in the Neutral Kaon System at KLOE

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The neutral kaon system offers a unique possibility to perform fundamental tests of CPT invariance, as well as of the basic principles of quantum mechanics. The most recent limits obtained by the KLOE experiment at the DAΦNE e + e − collider on several kinds of possible CPT violation and decoherence mechanisms, which in some cases might be justified in a quantum gravity framework, are reviewed. No deviation from the expectations of quantum mechanics and CPT symmetry is observed, while the precision of the measurements, in some cases, reaches the interesting Planck scale region. Finally, prospects for this kind of experimental studies at KLOE-2 are presented.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

    Antonio Di Domenico

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The KLOE Collaboration: F. Ambrosino, A. Antonelli, M. Antonelli, F. Archilli, P. Beltrame, G. Bencivenni, S. Bertolucci, C. Bini, C. Bloise, S. Bocchetta, F. Bossi, P. Branchini, G. Capon, D. Capriotti, T. Capussela, F. Ceradini, P. Ciambrone, E. De Lucia, A. De Santis, P. De Simone, G. De Zorzi, A. Denig, A. Di Domenico, C. Di Donato, B. Di Micco, M. Dreucci, G. Felici, S. Fiore, P. Franzini, C. Gatti, P. Gauzzi, S. Giovannella, E. Graziani, M. Jacewicz, V. Kulikov, G. Lanfranchi, J. Lee-Franzini, M. Martini, P. Massarotti, S. Meola, S. Miscetti, M. Moulson, S. Müller, F. Murtas, M. Napolitano, F. Nguyen, M. Palutan, E. Pasqualucci, A. Passeri, V. Patera, P. Santangelo, B. Sciascia, A. Sibidanov, T. Spadaro, M. Testa, L. Tortora, P. Valente, G. Venanzoni, R. Versaci.

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Di Domenico, A., The KLOE Collaboration. CPT Symmetry and Quantum Mechanics Tests in the Neutral Kaon System at KLOE. Found Phys 40, 852–866 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-009-9366-x

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