Published October 15, 1988 | Version v1
Journal article

QED on a circle

  • 1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

Description

QED with massless fermions on a circle (0≤x<L) is exactly solved. The nonintegrable phase exp[ie ∫0/sup L/dx A1(t,x)], which is a dynamical degree of freedom on a circle, couples through the anomaly to the zero mode of the fermion-antifermion bound states, leading to the θ vacuum

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review, D
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
8
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
2621-2624
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
20004858
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CIRCULAR CONFIGURATION; FERMIONS; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
Descriptors DEC
CONFIGURATION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; FIELD THEORIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY