Published May 15, 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Mass spectrum and correlation function of quantum vortices in the Abelian Higgs model

  • 1. Departamento de Fisica, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 38071, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22452 (Brazil)
  • 2. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Caixa Postal 20516, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 01498 (Brazil)
  • 3. Departamento de Fisica, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Apartado Postal 89000, Caracas 1080-A (Venezuela)

Description

A recently introduced method of vortex quantization based on a dual algebra involving nonlocal vortex fields is applied to the Abelian Higgs model in 2+1 dimensions. Explicit expressions for the vortex mass as well as for the asymptotic behavior of vortex correlation functions are obtained

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 3690-3700.
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ