Published June 15, 1986
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Journal article
Spontaneous breaking of parity in (2 + 1)-dimensional QED
- 1. Yale University, Physics Department, New Haven, Connecticut
Description
The spontaneous generation of parity- (P) and time-reversal- (T) violating masses in (2+1)-dimensional QED is studied in the large-N limit, where N is the number of two-component complex fermions. Energy considerations of various symmetry-breaking patterns indicate that P and T are not spontaneously broken, even though masses which individually violate these symmetries are dynamically generated
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev., D
- Journal Volume
- 33
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 3774-3776
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 17071310
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- FERMIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; P INVARIANCE; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; SYMMETRY BREAKING; T INVARIANCE
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTRODYNAMICS; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY