Quantum Coherence of Top Quark Pairs Produced at LHC

Abstract

We study quantum coherence in top-antitop production at the LHC by comparing Standard Model predictions with CMS data across different kinematic regimes. Theory and experiment are statistically consistent in the near-threshold and boosted central regions, confirming that the spin-density framework captures the dominant helicity-interference structure. The intermediate-mass window shows a noticeable deviation, indicating enhanced sensitivity to radiative QCD effects. This work reinterprets measured spin-correlation data within a quantum-coherence framework, thereby introducing coherence as a complementary and experimentally grounded probe of the Standard Model spin structure and a potentially sensitive diagnostic of new-physics effects in the top-quark sector.

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• Figure 1: The behavior of the $l_1$-norm of coherence over the considered kinematic space for top-antitop ($t\bar{t}$) production at the LHC.