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Violation in Mixing

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1.2 Neutral � Mesons 15<br />

�<br />

¡� �� Å<br />

from which one obta<strong>in</strong>s:<br />

�<br />

�� Å £<br />

� £<br />

� �<br />

�� �Š� � �<br />

�<br />

� Å £ Å £<br />

¡Ñ� � ¡ � ���Å � � � � � (1.14)<br />

¡Ñ�¡ � � � Å £ Å £ ℄��Ê�Å £<br />

From the expressions 1.12, 1.11 and 1.13, one can rewrite the Õ�Ô ratio:<br />

Õ<br />

Ô<br />

� ¡�<br />

À � ¡Ñ� � ¡ �<br />

Å �<br />

Also the time-dependent Schröd<strong>in</strong>ger equation becomes:<br />

and thus the solutions are<br />

� �<br />

where Ø is the proper time of the �Ä�À meson.<br />

1.2.4 Phase Conventions<br />

�Ø<br />

�<br />

�Ä�À � ÑÄ�À<br />

� (1.15)<br />

� Å £ � £<br />

� (1.16)<br />

�<br />

¡Ñ� ¡ �<br />

� Ä�À<br />

�Ä�À � �� �ÅÄ�À Ø � Ä�À Ø<br />

� �Ä�À<br />

The states � and � , as already shown <strong>in</strong> the previous section (Eq. 1.4), are related through �È transformation:<br />

�È �� � � � ��� �� � �È �� � � � ��� �� �� (1.17)<br />

The phase �� is arbitrary s<strong>in</strong>ce flavour conservation is a symmetry of the strong <strong>in</strong>teractions and a phase<br />

transformation [12]<br />

�� � � � � �� �� � �� � � � � �� �� �� (1.18)<br />

has no physical effects. In the new basis, �È transformations take the form:<br />

�È �� � � � � � �� � ��� � �È �� � � � � � �� � ��� �<br />

�È VIOLATION IN THE �� SYSTEM<br />

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