QCD topology with electromagnetic fields and the axion-photon coupling
Abstract
The introduction of non-orthogonal electric and magnetic fields in the QCD vacuum enhances the weight of topological sectors with a nonzero topological charge. For weak fields, there is a linear response for the expectation value of the topological charge. We study this linear response and relate it to the QCD correction to the axion-photon coupling. We also analyse the magnetic field dependence of the topological susceptibility for a range of temperatures around . In this work we use lattice simulations with improved staggered quarks at physical masses, including background magnetic and (imaginary) electric fields.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2212.03385,
title = {QCD topology with electromagnetic fields and the axion-photon coupling},
author = {Bastian Brandt and Francesca Cuteri and Gergely Endrődi and José Javier Hernández Hernández and Gergely Markó},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.03385},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
10 pages, 4 figures, Proceedings of the 39th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, 8th-13th August 2022, Bonn, Germany