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It has been known since decades that imposing a symmetry group G on the scalar sector of multi-Higgs-doublet models has consequences for CP -violation. In all examples of two- and three-Higgs-doublet models equipped with symmetries, one observes the following intriguing property: if G prevents explicit CP -violation (CPV), at least in the neutral Higgs sector, then it also prevents spontaneous CPV, and if G allows explicit CPV, then it allows for spontaneous CPV. One is led to conjecture that this is a general phenomenon. In this paper, we prove this conjecture for any rephasing symmetry group G and any number of doublets.
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Branco, G.C., Ivanov, I.P. Group-theoretic restrictions on generation of CP-violation in multi-Higgs-doublet models. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 116 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2016)116
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