Testing Entanglement and Bell Inequalities at the LHC
Testing Entanglement and Bell Inequalities at the LHC
- Event time: 2:00pm until 3:00pm
- Event date: 22nd May 2024
- Speaker: Alan Barr (University of Oxford)
- Location: Higgs Centre Seminar Room, Room 4305, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) (James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB)) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
Title:
Testing Entanglement and Bell Inequalities at the LHC
Abstract:
Locality, reality and measurement have been central questions in Quantum Mechanics since its first formulation. Empirical tests addressing these issues were first proposed by John Bell in 1964. Subsequent experiments in atomic and optical systems (awarded the Nobel prize for physics 2022) have been found to agree with the quantum predictions at ~eV energies, and to disagree with local hidden-variable theories. I’ll discuss how, by exploiting developments from the field of quantum computing, we can now also conceive of extending these tests to high-energy systems such as Higgs boson decays.
About Particle Physics Theory seminars
The Particle Physics Theory seminar is a weekly series of talks reflecting the diverse interests of the group. Topics include analytic and numerical calculations based on the Standard Model of elementary particle physics, theories exploring new physics, as well as more formal developments in gauge theories and gravity..