Theta vacuum (source code)

= Theta vacuum
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A <theta vacuum> is a <coherent state> $|\theta\rangle=\sum_n e^{in\theta}|n\rangle$ formed from gauge vacua of different winding numbers. <Large gauge transformations> shift $n$ and act on this state by a phase. The <Yang-Mills theta term> gives the corresponding weighting of spacetime <topological sectors>.