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QED$_3$ with Dynamical Fermions in an External Magnetic Field

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we present results of numerical lattice simulations of two-flavor QED in three space-time dimensions. First, we provide evidence that chiral symmetry is spontaneously broken in the chiral and continuum limit. Next we discuss the role of an external magnetic field BB on the dynamically generated fermion mass. We investigate the BB-dependence of the condensate through calculations with dynamical fermions using the non-compact formulation of the gauge field, and compare the results with those of a comparable study using the quenched approximation.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0101011,
  title  = {QED$_3$ with Dynamical Fermions in an External Magnetic Field},
  author = {J. Alexandre and K. Farakos and S. J. Hands and G. Koutsoumbas and S. E. Morrison},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0101011},
  year   = {2009}
}

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21 pages, 12 figures