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Reflections on Parity Breaking

Jacob McNamara · CERN

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One approach to the Strong CP Problem (known as Nelson-Barr models) is to assume that parity is a gauge symmetry, which is spontaneously broken in the world around us. In this talk, I will argue that the domain walls formed from spontaneous parity breaking are exactly stable. This stability can be understood as the result of an unusual sort of conserved charge, which has features in common with both gauge charges and global charges. We will explain how these charges are compatible with the expected absence of global symmetries in quantum gravity, as well as their relationship with the Swampland Cobordism Conjecture.

The talk

  1. Reflections on Parity Breaking 2023-05-02 · 1 h 7 min · CERN's player

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Institution
CERN
Department
TH String Theory Seminar
Speaker
Jacob McNamara
Year
2023
Language
English
Source
CERN
Licence
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