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CP violation and gravity as the weakest force

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-07-05 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We argue that CP violation has rather dramatic impact on the "gravity as the weakest force" conjecture. Namely we find that new ultraviolet scale must be Λθg3MP\Lambda \lesssim \theta g^3 M_P, where θ\theta is an effective parameter describing CP violation and gg is the gauge coupling constant. The bound implies that CP-conserving limit is discontinuous, and possibly indicates that the class of effective theories with strict CP conservation is inconsistent with a fundamental theory incorporating quantum gravity. At the same time, the mass hierarchy problem can be explained due to the smallness of the CP violation, θ1015\theta \sim 10^{-15} or so.

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@article{arxiv.0807.0557,
  title  = {CP violation and gravity as the weakest force},
  author = {Archil Kobakhidze},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.0557},
  year   = {2008}
}

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4 pages

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