Vacuum periodicity in a Yang-Mills quantum theory
Journal Article
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· Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)
We propose a description of the vacuum in Yang-Mills theory and arrive at a physical interpretation of the pseudoparticle solution and the attendant violation of symmetries. The existence of topologically inequivalent classical gauge fields give rise to a family of quantum mechanical vacua, parameterized by a CP-nonconserving angle. The requirement of vacuum stability against gauge transformations renders the vacua chirally noninvariant. (AIP)
- Research Organization:
- Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Physics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- OSTI ID:
- 7342604
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 37:3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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