Physics at CPLEAR

• Published in: Physics reports Vol. 374; no. 3; pp. 165 - 270
• Main Authors: Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Bee, C.P., Behnke, O., Benelli, A., Bertin, V., Blanc, F., Bloch, P., Carlson, P., Carroll, M., Cawley, E., Chertok, M.B., Danielsson, M., Dejardin, M., Derre, J., Ealet, A., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferreira-Marques, R., Fetscher, W., Fidecaro, M., Filipčič, A., Francis, D., Fry, J., Gabathuler, E., Gamet, R., Gerber, H.-J., Go, A., Haselden, A., Hayman, P.J., Henry-Couannier, F., Hollander, R.W., Jon-And, K., Kettle, P.-R., Kokkas, P., Kreuger, R., Le Gac, R., Leimgruber, F., Mandić, I., Manthos, N., Marel, G., Mikuž, M., Miller, J., Montanet, F., Muller, A., Nakada, T., Pagels, B., Papadopoulos, I., Pavlopoulos, P., Policarpo, A., Polivka, G., Rickenbach, R., Roberts, B.L., Ruf, T., Sakeliou, L., Schäfer, M., Schaller, L.A., Schietinger, T., Schopper, A., Tauscher, L., Thibault, C., Touchard, F., Touramanis, C., Van Eijk, C.W.E., Vlachos, S., Weber, P., Wigger, O., Wolter, M., Yèche, C., Zavrtanik, D., Zimmerman, D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 2003; Elsevier
• Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment; Physics; 11.30.−j; 13.20.Eb
• ISSN: 0370-1573; 1873-6270
• DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(02)00367-8

LEAR offered unique opportunities to study the symmetries which exist between matter and antimatter. At variance with other approaches at this facility, CPLEAR was an experiment devoted to the study of CP , T and CPT symmetries in the neutral-kaon system. A variety of measurements allowed us to determine with high precision the parameters which describe the time evolution of the neutral kaons and their antiparticles, including decay amplitudes, and the related symmetry properties. Limits concerning quantum-mechanical predictions (EPR, coherence of the wave function) or the equivalence principle of general relativity have been obtained. An account of the main features of the experiment and its performances is given here, together with the results achieved.