Revisiting the Okubo–Marshak Argument

Abstract

Modular localization and the theory of string-localized fields have revolutionized several key aspects of quantum field theory. They reinforce the contention that local symmetry emerges directly from quantum theory, but global gauge invariance remains in general an unwarranted assumption to be examined case by case. Armed with those modern tools, we reconsider here the classical Okubo–Marshak argument on the non-existence of a “strong CP problem” in quantum chromodynamics.

Keywords

• string independence
• local symmetry
• strong CP problem