Bell inequality violation with momentum-entangled massive particles

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2609.02009v1
• Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 02:34:23 GMT
• Title: Bell inequality violation with momentum-entangled massive particles
• Abstract summary: We report the first Bell inequality violation in the motional states of massive particles.<n>Our work completes a long-standing objective in quantum atom optics.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Bell's theorem revealed the fundamental incompatibility between the predictions of quantum mechanics and local realism. Bell inequality violations have since demonstrated quantum nonlocality using photons and internal states of massive particles, but never using their motional states. Here we report the first Bell inequality violation in the motional states of massive particles. Using momentum-entangled pairs of metastable helium atoms manipulated by matter-wave interferometry, we measure a Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) Bell parameter of $S = 2.52 \pm 0.17$, violating the CHSH-Bell inequality ($S \le 2$). Our work completes a long-standing objective in quantum atom optics by extending Bell tests from internal quantum variables to the external degrees of freedom of massive particles, opening a new regime for exploring quantum nonlocality in matter waves and for investigating the interplay between quantum mechanics and gravity.

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