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Effects of theta on the deuteron binding energy and the triple-alpha process

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arxiv 0811.1599 v2 pith:IPIEREHH submitted 2008-11-10 hep-ph

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keywords effectsthetabindingdeuteronforcenuclearprocesstriple-alpha
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We study the effects that a non zero strong-CP-violating parameter theta would have on the deuteron and diproton binding energies and on the triple-alpha process. Both these systems exhibit fine tuning, so it is plausible that a small change in the nuclear force would produce catastrophic consequences. Such a nuclear force is here understood in the framework of an effective Lagrangian for pions and nucleons, and the strength of the interaction varies with theta. We find that the effects are not too dramatic.

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