spin correlations in high-energy collisions from quantum channels: an open quantum system view of hadronization
The paper models hyperon spin correlations during high-energy collisions as an open quantum system process governed by a two-qubit depolarizing channel. This framework explains why spin correlations decrease with angular separation, linking microscopic dynamics in QCD to macroscopic decoherence. It shows that environmental interactions during hadronization are key to understanding these experimental results.