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Revisiting the Okubo-Marshak argument

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-09-14 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Modular localization and the theory of string-localized fields have revolutionized several key aspects of quantum field theory. They reinforce the contention that local symmetry emerges directly from quantum theory, but global gauge invariance remains in general an unwarranted assumption, to be examined case by case. Armed with those modern tools, we reconsider here the classical Okubo-Marshak argument on the non-existence of a "strong CP problem" in quantum chromodynamics.

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@article{arxiv.2108.01792,
  title  = {Revisiting the Okubo-Marshak argument},
  author = {Christian Gaß and José M. Gracia-Bondía and Jens Mund},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.01792},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

Latex, 16 pages. To the memory of Bob Marshak and Daniel Testard

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