Published April 1, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Dynamical Mass Generation and Confinement in Maxwell-Chern-Simons Planar Quantum Electrodynamics

  • 1. Instituto de Fisica y Matematicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Edificio C-3, Ciudad Universitaria, Morelia, Michoacan 58040 (Mexico)
  • 2. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Colima, Bernal Diaz del Castillo 340, Colima, Colima 28045 (Mexico)

Description

We study the non-perturbative phenomena of Dynamical Mass Generation and Confinement by truncating at the non-perturbative level the Schwinger-Dyson equations in Maxwell-Chern-Simons planar quantum electrodynamics. We obtain numerical solutions for the fermion propagator in Landau gauge within the so-called rainbow approximation. A comparison with the ordinary theory without the Chern-Simons term is presented.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/287/1/012028

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
287
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[8 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
14. Mexican school on particles and fields
Dates
4-12 Nov 2010
Place
Morelia, Michoacan (Mexico)