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arXiv · 2504.00086

Quantum Information meets High-Energy Physics: Input to the update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics

Abstract

Some of the most astonishing and prominent properties of Quantum Mechanics, such as entanglement and Bell nonlocality, have only been studied extensively in dedicated low-energy laboratory setups. The feasibility of these studies in the high-energy regime explored by particle colliders was only recently shown and has gathered the attention of the scientific community. For the range of particles and fundamental interactions involved, particle colliders provide a novel environment where quantum information theory can be probed, with energies exceeding by about 12 orders of magnitude those employed in dedicated laboratory setups. Furthermore, collider detectors have inherent advantages in performing certain quantum information measurements, and allow for the reconstruction of the state of the system under consideration via quantum state tomography. Here, we elaborate on the potential, challenges, and goals of this innovative and rapidly evolving line of research and discuss its expected impact on both quantum information theory and high-energy physics.

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Yoav Afik, Federica Fabbri, Matthew Low, Luca Marzola, Juan Antonio Aguilar-Saavedra, Mohammad Mahdi Altakach, Nedaa Alexandra Asbah, Yang Bai, Hannah Banks, Alan J. Barr, Alexander Bernal, Thomas E. Browder, Paweł Caban, J. Alberto Casas, Kun Cheng, Frédéric Déliot, Regina Demina, Antonio Di Domenico, Michał Eckstein, Marco Fabbrichesi, Benjamin Fuks, Emidio Gabrielli, Dorival Gonçalves, Radosław Grabarczyk, Michele Grossi, Tao Han, Timothy J. Hobbs, Paweł Horodecki, James Howarth, Shih-Chieh Hsu, Stephen Jiggins, Eleanor Jones, Andreas W. Jung, Andrea Helen Knue, Steffen Korn, Theodota Lagouri, Priyanka Lamba, Gabriel T. Landi, Haifeng Li, Qiang Li, Ian Low, Fabio Maltoni, Josh McFayden, Navin McGinnis, Roberto A. Morales, Jesús M. Moreno, Juan Ramón Muñoz de Nova, Giulia Negro, Davide Pagani, Giovanni Pelliccioli, Michele Pinamonti, Laura Pintucci, Baptiste Ravina, Alim Ruzi, Kazuki Sakurai, Ethan Simpson, Maximiliano Sioli, Shufang Su, Sokratis Trifinopoulos, Sven E. Vahsen, Sofia Vallecorsa, Alessandro Vicini, Marcel Vos, Eleni Vryonidou, Chris D. White, Martin J. White, Andrew J. Wildridge, Tong Arthur Wu, Laura Zani, Yulei Zhang, Knut Zoch. 2025-10-08. Quantum Information meets High-Energy Physics: Input to the update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp%2Fs13360-025-06752-9

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