1998/03/31 by G. W. Semenoff, I. A. Shovkovy, L. C. R. Wijewardhana · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ph #cond-mat #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0217732398001212
published as Mod.Phys.Lett. A13 (1998) 1143-1154 · 14 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX
arxiv created 1998/04/27 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
The magnetic catalysis of discrete chiral symmetry breaking in the 2+1 dimensional Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model is analyzed. A particular attention is paid to a possible application of the effect in solid state physics. The fermion contribution to the thermal conductivity as a function of the dynamical mass (energy gap in the spectrum) is estimated and is shown to be suppressed when a non-zero order parameter develops.