In 1977, Quinn and Peccei proposed a mechanism to explain the lack of CP violation in QCD.
The parameter θ isn’t static, they reasoned. Rather, it’s a field itself. The dynamics of this field within QCD naturally cause it to settle down to a value of zero.
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