Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2008-06-10
Phys.Rev.D78:054027,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
15 pages, 11 eps figures; matches version published in Phys. Rev. D, reference added, corrected Eq. 16, modified discussion Re
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.78.054027
Spontaneous CP-violation in the strong interaction is analyzed at theta = pi within the framework of the two-flavor NJL model. It is found that the occurrence of spontaneous CP-violation at theta = pi depends on the strength of the 't Hooft determinant interaction, which describes the effect of instanton interactions. The dependence of the phase structure, and in particular of the CP-violating phase, on the quark masses, temperature, baryon and isospin chemical potential is examined in detail. When available a comparison to earlier results from chiral perturbation theory is made. From our results we conclude that spontaneous CP-violation in the strong interaction is an inherently low-energy phenomenon. In all cases we find agreement with the Vafa-Witten theorem, also at nonzero density and temperature. Meson masses and mixing in the CP-violating phase display some unusual features as a function of instanton interaction strength. A modification of the condition for charged pion condensation at nonzero isospin chemical potential and a novel phase of charged a_0 mesons are discussed.
Boer Daniel
Boomsma Jorn K.
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