Dynamical chiral symmetry breaking in QED in a magnetic field: Toward exact results

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作者
Gusynin, VP [1 ]
Miransky, VA
Shovkovy, IA
机构
[1] Bogolyubov Inst Theoret Phys, UA-252143 Kiev, Ukraine
[2] Nagoya Univ, Dept Phys, Nagoya, Aichi 4648602, Japan
[3] Univ Cincinnati, Dept Phys, Cincinnati, OH 45221 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1291
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We describe an (first, to the best of our knowledge) essentially soluble example of dynamical symmetry breaking phenomenon in a (3 + 1)-dimensional gauge theory without fundamental scalar fields: QED in a constant magnetic field.
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