Zero Temperature Chiral Phase Transition in (2+1)-Dimensional QED with a Chern-Simons Term
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-30 v1
Abstract
We investigate the zero temperature chiral phase transition in (2+1)-dimensional QED in the presence of a Chern-Simons term, changing the number of fermion flavors. In the symmetric phase, there are no light degrees of freedom even at the critical point. Unlike the case without a Chern-Simons term, the phase transition is first-order.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9708027,
title = {Zero Temperature Chiral Phase Transition in (2+1)-Dimensional QED with a Chern-Simons Term},
author = {Deog Ki Hong},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9708027},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, RevTeX, no figures