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A Colorful Mirror Solution to the Strong CP Problem

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-11-03 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We propose theories of a complete mirror world with parity (P) solving the strong CP problem. P exchanges the entire Standard Model (SM) with its mirror copy. We derive bounds on the two new mass scales that arise: vv' where parity and mirror electroweak symmetry are spontaneously broken, and v3v_3 where the color groups break to the diagonal strong interactions. The strong CP problem is solved even if v3vv_3 \ll v^{\prime}, when heavy coloured states at the scale v3v_3 may be accessible at LHC and future colliders. Furthermore, we argue that the breaking of P introduces negligible contributions to θˉQCD\bar \theta_\text{QCD}, starting at three-loop order. The symmetry breaking at v3v_3 can be made dynamical, without introducing an additional hierarchy problem.

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@article{arxiv.2303.06156,
  title  = {A Colorful Mirror Solution to the Strong CP Problem},
  author = {Quentin Bonnefoy and Lawrence Hall and Claudio Andrea Manzari and Christiane Scherb},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.06156},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

12 pages, 1 figure, 4 tables. v2: version to appear in PRL

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