Published June 1, 1989
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Journal Article
Wormholes in spacetime and θQCD
Abstract
We calculate in chiral perturbation theory the dependence of Newton's gravitational constant G on the θ parameter of quantum chromodynamics, and we find that G, as a function of θ, is minimized at θ≌π. This calculation suggests that quantum fluctuations in the topology of spacetime would cause θ to assume a value very near π, contrary to the phenomenological evidence indicating that θ is actually near 0.
Additional Information
© Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. Received 7 February 1989. This work is supported in part by the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC0381-ER40050. NSF Presidential Young Investigator.Additional details
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