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arxiv: 2505.04690 · v3 · submitted 2025-05-07 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph.CO· gr-qc· hep-th

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A Quantal Theory of Restoration of Strong CP Symmetry

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keywords phasetheoryviolatingbubblesgaugemembranesradiationrelaxing
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We propose a mechanism for relaxing a gauge theory CP violating phase in discrete steps to very small values. The idea is that the CP violating phase includes the magnetic dual of a $4$-form flux which can discharge by the nucleation of membranes. Inside the bubbles surrounded by the membranes, the total CP violating phase is reduced. When the bubbles are produced rapidly during radiation domination in the early universe, near the chiral symmetry breaking scale, they will collide and percolate, melting away into gauge theory radiation and dramatically relaxing CP violation.

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