Abstract
The strong version of the Vafa–Witten theorem is shown to likely not hold true because a direct computation of the order parameter has the zero condensate as a result for the symmetric vacuum. Thus, the validity of the Vafa–Witten theorem relies on its weak version, in which the Goldstone boson is absent in the vector-like gauge theories that have a vanishing θ angle. The existence of a charged ρ meson condensate, which violates electromagnetic gauge symmetry, is consistent with this weak version of the Vafa–Witten theorem when it is applied to strong magnetic fields in QCD.
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