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Confinement of matter fields in compact (2+1)-dimensional QED theory of high-T{sub c} superconductors

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026 (China)
The confinement of matter fields is studied in the compact (2+1)-dimensional QED theory of high-T{sub c} superconductors. It is found that the monopole configurations do not affect the propagator of gauge potential a{sub {mu}}. This then leads to the findings that chiral symmetry breaking and confinement take place simultaneously in the antiferromagnetic state and that neither monopole effect nor Anderson-Higgs mechanism can cause confinement in the d-wave superconducting state. The physical implications of these field theoretic results are also discussed.
OSTI ID:
20718987
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Journal Issue: 17 Vol. 71; ISSN 1098-0121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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