Probing new physics through entanglement in diboson production

TL;DR

This paper explores how quantum information measures like concurrence, purity, and Bell inequalities applied to diboson spin states can serve as sensitive probes for new physics beyond the Standard Model at colliders.

Contribution

It introduces the use of quantum information observables as novel tools to detect subtle effects of higher-dimensional operators in diboson production.

Findings

Quantum spin observables can detect non-interfering new physics effects.

These observables provide increased sensitivity compared to traditional measurements.

Quantum information techniques complement existing collider probes.

Abstract

Pair production of heavy vector bosons is a key process at colliders: it allows to test our understanding of the Standard Model and to explore the existence of new physics through precision measurements of production rates and differential distributions. New physics effects can be subtle and often require observables specifically designed for their detection. In this study, we focus on quantum information observables that characterise the spin states of the final diboson system. We analyse concurrence bounds, purity, and Bell inequalities for a bipartite qutrit system representing two massive gauge bosons. Our findings show that quantum spin observables can serve as complementary probes for heavy new physics as parametrised by higher dimensional operators in the Standard Model effective field theory. In particular, we find that these observables offer increased sensitivity to operators whose contributions do not interfere with the Standard Model amplitudes at the level of differential cross sections.