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Entangled photons from para-positronium decay: Do coincidences from scattered photons imply a Bell state?
Paul Joos, Peter Kling·June 30, 2026
Quantum Physics
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Abstract
Electron and positron can form a meta-stable bound state called positronium that decays via pair annihilation. We show how polarization-dependent Compton scattering can be used to verify that the two annihilation photons in the spin-zero case (para-positronium) are emitted in a maximally entangled Bell state. Our theoretical approach based on two-photon density matrices connects concepts from relativistic quantum electrodynamics and quantum information theory.