7–11 Jun 2026
Chung-Ang University
Asia/Seoul timezone

A particle on a ring or: how I learned to stop worrying and love theta-vacua

9 Jun 2026, 14:30
30m
Chung-Ang University

Chung-Ang University

Graduate school 302-503, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea

Speaker

Ryosuke Sato

Description

Although the QCD Lagrangian allows CP violation by the theta-term, no such effect has been observed yet. This puzzle is called the strong CP problem. In this talk, I will review a recent debate on the order of limit in the path integral formulation of strong CP violation, and discuss the validity of the formulation by focusing on quantum mechanics on a circle.

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