Published July 1, 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Nonrenormalization of phases, softly broken Peccei-Quinn symmetry, and strong-CP problem

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

Description

We present a class of gauge models where the phase angle associated with a parameter that breaks a U(1) global symmetry softly receives no renormalization correction due to quantum effects. As application of this idea, we consider recently proposed solutions to the strong-CP problem using softly broken Peccei-Quinn symmetry and clarify the conditions under which it works. We also extend our discussion to some new models

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
32
Journal Issue
1
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
293-299
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA