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arxiv: 1301.7009 · v2 · submitted 2013-01-29 · ✦ hep-th · hep-ph· math-ph· math.MP· nucl-th

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Amending the Vafa-Witten Theorem

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The strong version of the Vafa-Witten theorem is shown may not to hold because the zero condensate from a direct computation of the order parameter is found to be a result on the symmetric vacuum. The validity of the Vafa-Witten theorem relies then on its weak version, that the Goldstone boson is absent in vector-like gauge theories with vanishing \theta-angle. The existence of a charged \rho-meson condensate, which violates electromagnetic gauge symmetry, is consistent with this weak version of the Vafa-Witten theorem when applied to strong magnetic fields in QCD.

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