2010/01/20 by Patricio Gaete, José A. Helayel-Neto, Gaete, Patricio +4
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Chern–Simons theory #Coupling (piping) #FOS: Physical sciences #Formalism (music) #Gauge (firearms) #Gauge theory #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Magnetic field #Path integral formulation #Photon #Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum field theory #Quantum mechanics #Theoretical physics #Vector potential #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1001.3568
Two column 7 pages, no figures; calculation revised; changed interpretation of the final result.
openalex publication_date 2010/01/20 · arxiv created 2010/05/11 · arxiv updated 2010/05/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
For a gauge theory which includes a light massive vector field interacting with the familiar photon U(1)QED via a Chern-Simons- like coupling, we study the static quantum potential. Our analysis is based on the gauge-invariant, but path-dependent, variables formalism. The result is that the theory describes an exactly screening phase. Interestingly enough, this result displays a marked departure of a qualitative nature from the axionic elctrodynamics result. However, the present result is analogous to that encountered in the coupling between the familiar photon U(1)QED and a second massive gauge field living in the so-called hidden-sector U(1)h, inside a superconducting box.