Endemic infrared divergences in QED3 at finite temperature

2010/10/20 by Pok Man Lo, P. M. Lo, Eric S. Swanson +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2011.01.055

published as Phys.Lett.B697:164-167,2011 · 7 pages, 1 figure

arxiv created 2010/10/20 · openalex publication_date 2011/01/29 · arxiv updated 2011/02/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

We demonstrate that massless QED in three dimensions contains endemic infrared divergences. It is argued that these divergences do not affect observables; furthermore, it is possible to choose a gauge that renders the theory finite.

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