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Finite Temperature Effective Action in Monopole Background

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We compute the CP-odd part of the finite temperature effective action for massive Dirac fermions in the presence of a Dirac monopole. We confirm that the induced charge is temperature dependent, and in the effective action we find an infinite series of CP-violating terms that generalize the familiar zero temperature FF~F\tilde{F} term. These results are analogous to recent results concerning finite temperature induced Chern-Simons terms.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9912195,
  title  = {Finite Temperature Effective Action in Monopole Background},
  author = {Gerald Dunne and Joshua Feinberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9912195},
  year   = {2009}
}

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latex, 9 pages, 4 eps figures. Some references added. Version to appear in Phys. Lett. B