Spontaneous breaking of parity in (2+1)-dimensional QED

Thomas Appelquist; Mark J. Bowick; Dimitra Karabali; L. C.R. Wijewardhana

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.33.3774

Spontaneous breaking of parity in (2+1)-dimensional QED

Thomas Appelquist, Mark J. Bowick, Dimitra Karabali, L. C.R. Wijewardhana

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3774-3776
Number of pages	3
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	33
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.33.3774
State	Published - 1986
Externally published	Yes

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