On chiral symmetry breaking by external magnetic fields in QED3

1995/04/30 by Rajesh R. Parwani · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(95)00964-m

published as Phys.Lett. B358 (1995) 101-105 · 10 page Revtex file. Minor corrections, mainly in the discussion leading upto Eqs.(10,11) and the references. Version to be published

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Abstract

A recent result of Gusynin, Miransky and Shovkovy concerning chiral symmetry breaking by a constant external magnetic field in parity-invariant three-dimensional QED is generalised to the case of inhomogeneous fields by relating the phenomenon to the zero modes of the Dirac equation. Virtual photon radiative corrections and four-dimensional QED are briefly discussed.

Citations

• Topologically massive gauge theories

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