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Two-Loop Quantum Corrections of Scalar QED with Non-Minimal Chern-Simons Coupling

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

We investigate two-loop quantum corrections to non-minimally coupled Maxwell-Chern-Simons theory. The non-minimal gauge interaction represents the magnetic moment interaction between the charged scalar and the electromagnetic field. We show that the one-loop renormalizability of the theory found in previous work does not survive to the two-loop level. However, with an appropriate choice of the non-minimal coupling constant, it is possible to renormalize the two-loop effective potential and hence render it potentially useful for a detailed analysis of spontaneous symmetry breaking induced by radiative corrections.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9905172,
  title  = {Two-Loop Quantum Corrections of Scalar QED with Non-Minimal Chern-Simons Coupling},
  author = {M. E. Carrington and W. F. Chen and G. Kunstatter and J. Mottershead},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9905172},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

29 pages, including 21 figures. One author added, some formulae corrected and references added