Abstract
We elaborate on an earlier discussion of conservation of strong interactions which includes the effect of pseudoparticles. We discuss what happens in theories of the quantum-chromodynamics type when we include weak and electromagnetic interactions. We find that strong conservation remains a natural symmetry if the full Lagrangian possesses a chiral U(1) invariance. We illustrate our results by considering in detail a recent model of (weak) nonconservation.
- Received 31 May 1977
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.16.1791
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