Monday, May 25, 2015

quantum field theory - CP violation from the Electroweak SU(2)weak,flavor by intthetaFwedgeF


Question: Why there is NO Charge-Parity (CP) violation from a potential Theta term in the electroweak SU(2)weak,flavor sector by θelectroweakFF?



(ps. an explicit calculation is required.)




Background:


We know for a non-Abelian gauge theory, the FF term is nontrivial and breaks CP symmetry (thus break T symmetry by CPT theorem), which is this term: FF

with a field strength F=dA+AA.


SU(3)strong,color QCD:


To describe strong interactions of gluons (which couple quarks), we use QCD with gauge fields of non-Abelian SU(3)color symmetry. This extra term in the QCD Lagrangian: θQCDGG=θQCDd4xGaμν˜Gμν,a

which any nonzero θQCD breaks CP symmetry. (p.s. and there we have the strong CP problem).


Compare the strong interactions θQCD,strong to U(1)em θQED: For U(1) electromagnetism, even if we have θQEDFF, we can rotate this term and absorb this into the fermion (which couple to U(1)em) masses(?). For SU(3) QCD, unlike U(1) electromagnetism, if the quarks are not massless, this term of θQCD cannot be rotated away(?) as a trivial θQCD=0.


SU(2)weak,flavor electro-weak:


To describe electroweak interactions, we again have gauge fields of non-Abelian SU(2)weak,flavorsymmetry. Potentially this extra term in the electroweak Lagrangian can break CP symmetry (thus break T symmetry by CPT theorem): θelectroweakFF=θelectroweakd4xFaμν˜Fμν,a

here the three components gauge fields A under SU(2) are: (W1,W2,W3) or (W+,W,Z0) of W and Z bosons.


Question [again as the beginning]: We have only heard of CKM matrix in the weak SU(2) sector to break CP symmetry. Why there is NO CP violation from a potential Theta term of an electroweak SU(2)weak,flavor sector θelectroweakFF? Hint: In other words, how should we rotate the θelectroweak to be trivial θelectroweak=0? ps. I foresee a reason already, but I wish an explicit calculation is carried out. Thanks a lot!





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