IndisputableMonolith.StandardModel.StrongCP
Module on the QCD vacuum angle θ in Recognition Science: it packages experimental bounds, the neutron EDM link, axion alternatives, and a J-cost argument that forces θ = 0. Particle theorists and anyone tracing the strong-CP resolution in the RS forcing chain would cite it. Structure is definitional scaffolding plus cost-minimization lemmas tied to the eight-tick clock and Constants.
claimThe module introduces the QCD angle $\theta_{\mathrm{QCD}}$, the experimental bound from the neutron EDM, the fine-tuning measure of a nonzero $\theta$, and a Recognition cost $J(\theta)$. It records axion-based escapes, then asserts that $\theta = 0$ uniquely minimizes the cost on the eight-tick structure and is therefore selected.
background
In ordinary QCD the topological term $\theta G\tilde{G}$ is CP-odd. Experiment (neutron EDM) forces $|\theta|\lesssim 10^{-10}$, which is unnatural unless a dynamical mechanism (axion) or a selection principle sets $\theta=0$. Recognition Science supplies the latter via the unique cost $J$ fixed by the Recognition Composition Law.
The module sits on RS Constants (native units, $\tau_0$ tick) and the Foundation.EightTick discrete clock: phases $0,\pi/4,\ldots,7\pi/4$. Sibling declarations name $\Theta_{\mathrm{QCD}}$, the experimental bound, neutron EDM, fine-tuning, axion properties, an allowed-$\theta$ set, the $\theta$-dependent $J$-cost, and the claims that $\theta=0$ minimizes and is selected.
Local setting is Standard Model phenomenology inside the RS ledger: $\theta$ is treated as a cost parameter on the eight-tick octave rather than a free continuous coupling.
proof idea
Definition-heavy module, not a single theorem. It introduces $\Theta_{\mathrm{QCD}}$ and related quantities (bounds, EDM, axion data), defines a $J$-cost of nonzero $\theta$, then proves minimization and selection lemmas: $\theta=0$ is the unique cost minimum and is therefore forced. Upstream material is only Constants and EightTick; the cost comparison is the working engine. No deep tactic scripts are implied by the module surface.
why it matters in Recognition Science
Feeds IndisputableMonolith.Foundation.UnifiedForcingChain, whose doc-comment states that all of T0–T8 are forced from the cost foundation (RCL). A clean $\theta=0$ selection removes an open Standard-Model fine-tuning from the RS ledger and aligns the strong sector with CP-even eight-tick structure (T7) and $J$-uniqueness (T5). Downstream forcing can therefore treat strong CP as settled by cost rather than by an extra axion field. The module also keeps the conventional axion story as a named alternative for comparison.
scope and limits
- Does not derive the QCD Lagrangian or topological susceptibility from first principles.
- Does not compute a numerical neutron EDM; it only records the experimental θ bound.
- Does not prove axion existence or exclusion; axion material is comparative scaffolding.
- Does not claim a lattice or experimental measurement of θ inside Lean.
- Does not extend the selection argument to weak CP or the CKM phase.
used by (1)
depends on (2)
declarations in this module (26)
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structure
ThetaQCD -
def
theta_experimental_bound -
def
neutronEDM -
theorem
theta_finetuning -
def
thetaContributions -
structure
AxionSolution -
def
axionProperties -
def
axionDarkMatter -
def
allowedTheta -
def
thetaJCost -
theorem
theta_zero_minimizes -
theorem
theta_zero_selected -
def
comparison -
theorem
rs_axion_compatible -
def
experimentalTests -
def
summary -
structure
StrongCPCert -
def
strongCPCert -
def
theta_RS_predicted -
def
theta_experimental_max -
theorem
theta_RS_inside_experimental -
theorem
abs_theta_RS_lt_bound -
theorem
strong_cp_gap -
structure
StrongCPNumericalCert -
def
strongCPNumericalCert -
structure
StrongCPFalsifier