Baryon Polarization, Phases of Amplitudes and Time Reversal Odd Observables

TL;DR

This paper introduces two methods for extracting phase information from baryon decay data and discusses how to infer time reversal odd observables, advancing the analysis of baryon decay processes.

Contribution

It presents novel techniques for phase extraction and links these phases to physical angles, also proposing methods to identify time reversal odd observables.

Findings

Two methods for phase extraction from decay data

Relation of phase to physical angles in baryon decays

Proposals for inferring time reversal odd observables

Abstract

We elaborate two different methods for extracting from data the relative phase of two amplitudes of some sequential decays of baryons. We also relate this phase to a particular physical angle. Moreover we suggest how to infer some time reversal odd observables from data.