Symmetry in Σ Hyperon Decay

Abstract

CP symmetry violation is one of the fundamental requirements for having more matter than antimatter in our universe. However, the observed CP violation is not enough to explain the matter dominance. Searching for the new CP violation in the hyperon sector is therefore attracting people’s interests. In this article, we review the theoretical description of the spin one-half hyperon nonleptonic decay. In order to test the CP conservation, the asymmetry decay parameters might be compared between hyperon and antihyperon. The fixed-target experiments achieved the relevant measurements of the hyperon parameters but in the absence of the antihyperon results. The BESIII experiment with e+e− collision provided an entanglement environment to measure Σ+ and Σ¯− simultaneously. The important role of experimental inputs in CP violation evaluation is discussed in this paper, underlying the great potential of the future collider, which may allow us to reach the precision of the Standard Model predictions.

Keywords

• hyperon
• polarization
• CP violation