Strong Coupling Qed Breaks Chiral Symmetry
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-26 v1
Abstract
We show that the strong coupling limit of d-dimensional quantum electrodynamics with flavors of fermions can be mapped onto the s=1/2 quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnet in d-1 space dimensions. The staggered N\'eel order parameter is the expectation value of a mass operator in QED and the spin-waves are pions. We speculate that the chiral symmetry breaking phase transition corresponds to a transition between the flux phase and the conventional N\'eel ordered phase of an antiferromagnetic t-J model.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9204047,
title = {Strong Coupling Qed Breaks Chiral Symmetry},
author = {Gordon Semenoff},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9204047},
year = {2015}
}
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11pages