Disoriented isospin condensates may be the source of anomalous kaon correlations measured in Pb-Pb collisions at √(s_NN) = 2.76 TeV

The magnitude of fluctuations between charged and neutral kaons measured by the ALICE Collaboration in heavy-ion collisions at the LHC exceeds conventional explanation. Here it is shown that if the scalar condensate, which is typically associated with chiral symmetry, is accompanied by an isospin=1 field, then the combination can produce large fluctuations where ⟨u̅u⟩⟨d̅d⟩. Hadronizing strange and anti-strange quarks might then strongly fluctuate between charged (us̅ or su̅) and neutral (ds̅ or sd̅) kaons.