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Seesaw Limit of the Nelson-Barr Mechanism

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arxiv 2404.16945 v2 pith:2XNHMGAB submitted 2024-04-25 hep-ph

Seesaw Limit of the Nelson-Barr Mechanism

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We investigate how the solution to the strong CP problem and the explanation for the observed fermion mass hierarchies can be intrinsically related. Specifically, we explore the Nelson-Barr mechanism and identify its "seesaw limit", where light quark masses are suppressed by large CP-violating terms. Upon adding three (two) vector-like quarks that mix with the down-type (up-type) quark sector of the Standard Model, we demonstrate how the lack of CP violation in the strong sector and the observed quark mass hierarchy can be simultaneously achieved.

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