CP, T AND CPT VIOLATIONS IN THE $K^0-\overline{K^0}$ SYSTEM: PRESENT STATUS

Abstract

The possible violation of CP, T and CPT symmetries in the [Formula: see text] system is studied in a way as phenomenological and comprehensive as possible. For this purpose, we first introduce parameters which represent violation of these symmetries in mixing parameters and decay amplitudes in a convenient and well-defined way and, treating these parameters as small, derive formulas which relate them to the experimentally measured quantities. We then perform numerical analyses to derive constraints to these symmetry-violating parameters, with the latest data reported by KTeV Collaboration, NA48 Collaboration and CPLEAR Collaboration, along with those compiled by Particle Data Group, used as inputs. The result obtained by CPLEAR Collaboration from an unconstrained fit to a time-dependent leptonic asymmetry, aided by the Bell–Steinberger relation, enables us to determine or constrain most of the parameters separately. It is shown among the other things that (1) CP and T symmetries are violated definitively at least at the level of 10-4in 2π decays, (2) CP and T symmetries are violated at least at the level of 10-3in the [Formula: see text] mixing, and (3) CPT symmetry is at present tested to the level of 10-5at the utmost.