A Colorful Mirror Solution to the Strong CP Problem
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: where parity and mirror electroweak symmetry are spontaneously broken, and where the color groups break to the diagonal strong interactions. The strong CP problem is solved even if , when heavy coloured states at the scale may be accessible at LHC and future colliders. Furthermore, we argue that the breaking of P introduces negligible contributions to , starting at three-loop order. The symmetry breaking at 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}
}
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12 pages, 1 figure, 4 tables. v2: version to appear in PRL