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Mirror fermions and the strong CP problem: A new axionless solution and experimental implications (1712.09701v2)

Published 27 Dec 2017 in hep-ph and hep-ex

Abstract: A new solution to the strong CP problem with distinct experimental signatures (long-lived particles) at the LHC is proposed. It is based on the Yukawa interactions between mirror quarks, Standard Model (SM) quarks and Higgs singlets. (Mirror quarks and leptons which include non-sterile right-handed neutrinos whose Majorana masses are proportional to the electroweak scale, form the basis of the EW-$\nu_R$ model.) The aforementioned Yukawa couplings can in general be complex and can contribute to $Arg\, Det M$ ($\bar{\theta} = \theta_{QCD} + Arg\, Det M$) at tree-level. The model contains a Peccei-Quinn-type global symmetry which allows it to rotate away $\theta_{QCD}$.The crux of matter in this manuscript is the fact that {\em no matter how large} the CP-violating phases in the Yukawa couplings might be, $Arg\, Det M$ can remain small i.e. $\bar{\theta} < 10{-10}$ for reasonable values of the Yukawa couplings and, in fact, vanishes when the VEV of the Higgs singlet (responsible for the Dirac part of the neutrino mass in the seesaw mechanism) vanishes. The smallness of the contribution to $\bar{\theta}$ is {\em principally due} to the smallness of the ratio of the two mass scales in the seesaw mechanism: the Dirac and Majorana mass scales.

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