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Why is the $\theta$ term-term of QCD violating charge and parity (CP) symmetries?

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Why is the $\theta$ term of QCD violating CPcharge and parity (CP) symmetries?

From the non-trivial nature of the QCD vacuum, the Lagrangian is augmented with a term like

\begin{equation} \theta \frac{g^2}{32 \pi^2} G_{\mu \nu}^a \tilde{G}^{a, \mu \nu} \end{equation}

Wherewhere $ \tilde{G}^{a,\mu \nu} = \frac{1}{2} \epsilon^{\mu \nu \rho \sigma} G^a_{ \rho \sigma} $ is the dual field strength tensor.

  This term is said to violate CP, giving rise to the strong CP problem.

I understand the CP violation comes from the epsilon tensorepsilon tensor in the dual field strength but I am looking for a simple straightforward demonstration of the CP violating nature of a term like $G \tilde{G}$.

Why is the $\theta$ term of QCD violating CP

From the non-trivial nature of the QCD vacuum, the Lagrangian is augmented with a term like

\begin{equation} \theta \frac{g^2}{32 \pi^2} G_{\mu \nu}^a \tilde{G}^{a, \mu \nu} \end{equation}

Where $ \tilde{G}^{a,\mu \nu} = \frac{1}{2} \epsilon^{\mu \nu \rho \sigma} G^a_{ \rho \sigma} $ is the dual field strength tensor.

  This term is said to violate CP, giving rise to the strong CP problem.

I understand the CP violation comes from the epsilon tensor in the dual field strength but I am looking for a simple straightforward demonstration of the CP violating nature of a term like $G \tilde{G}$

Why is the $\theta$ term of QCD violating charge and parity (CP) symmetries?

From the non-trivial nature of the QCD vacuum, the Lagrangian is augmented with a term like

\begin{equation} \theta \frac{g^2}{32 \pi^2} G_{\mu \nu}^a \tilde{G}^{a, \mu \nu} \end{equation}

where $ \tilde{G}^{a,\mu \nu} = \frac{1}{2} \epsilon^{\mu \nu \rho \sigma} G^a_{ \rho \sigma} $ is the dual field strength tensor. This term is said to violate CP, giving rise to the strong CP problem.

I understand the CP violation comes from the epsilon tensor in the dual field strength but I am looking for a simple straightforward demonstration of the CP violating nature of a term like $G \tilde{G}$.

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Why is the $\theta$ term of QCD violating CP

From the non-trivial nature of the QCD vacuum, the Lagrangian is augmented with a term like

\begin{equation} \theta \frac{g^2}{32 \pi^2} G_{\mu \nu}^a \tilde{G}^{a, \mu \nu} \end{equation}

Where $ \tilde{G}^{a,\mu \nu} = \frac{1}{2} \epsilon^{\mu \nu \rho \sigma} G^a_{ \rho \sigma} $ is the dual field strength tensor.

This term is said to violate CP, giving rise to the strong CP problem.

I understand the CP violation comes from the epsilon tensor in the dual field strength but I am looking for a simple straightforward demonstration of the CP violating nature of a term like $G \tilde{G}$