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The quantum kinetic equation and dynamical mass generation in 2+1 Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-04-07 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

In this work, we study the relativistic quantum kinetic equations in 2+1 dimensions from Wigner function formalism by carrying out a systematic semi-classical expansion up to \hbar order. The derived equations allow us to explore interesting transport phenomena in 2+1 dimensions. Within this framework, the parity-odd transport current induced by the external electromagnetic field is self-consistently derived. We also examine the dynamical mass generation by implementing four-fermion interaction with mean-field approximation. In this case, a new kind of transport current is found to be induced by the gradient of the mean-field condensate. Finally, we also utilize this framework to study the dynamical mass generation in an external magnetic field for the 2+1 dimensional system under equilibrium.

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@article{arxiv.2007.02858,
  title  = {The quantum kinetic equation and dynamical mass generation in 2+1 Dimensions},
  author = {Anping Huang and Shuzhe Shi and Xianglei Zhu and Lianyi He and Jinfeng Liao and Pengfei Zhuang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.02858},
  year   = {2021}
}
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