Published July 15, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Vanishing magnetic mass in three-dimensional QED with a Chern-Simons term

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627-0171 (United States)

Description

We show that at one loop the magnetic mass vanishes at finite temperature in QED in any dimension. In three-dimensional QED, even the zero temperature part can be regularized to zero. We calculate the two-loop contributions to the magnetic mass in three-dimensional QED with a Chern-Simons term and show that it vanishes. We give a simple proof which shows that the magnetic mass vanishes to all orders at finite temperature in this theory. This proof also holds for QED in any dimension

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
66
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 025011-025011.5
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35067439
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
DIMENSIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; REST MASS
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRODYNAMICS; FIELD THEORIES; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY

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(c) 2002 The American Physical Society