TY - JOUR A1 - Brandt, Bastian Benjamin A1 - Cuteri, Francesca A1 - Endrődi, Gergely A1 - Hernández Hernández, José Javier A1 - Markó, Gergely T1 - QCD topology with electromagnetic fields and the axion-photon coupling N2 - The introduction of non-orthogonal electric and magnetic fields in the QCD vacuum enhances the weight of topological sectors with a nonzero topological charge. For weak fields, there is a linear response for the expectation value of the topological charge. We study this linear response and relate it to the QCD correction to the axion-photon coupling. We also analyse the magnetic field dependence of the topological susceptibility for a range of temperatures around Tc. In this work we use lattice simulations with improved staggered quarks at physical masses, including background magnetic and (imaginary) electric fields. Y1 - 2022 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/71676 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-716765 ER -