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Confinement induced by fermion damping in three-dimensional QED

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026 (China)
The three-dimensional noncompact QED is known to exhibit weak confinement when fermions acquire a finite mass via the mechanism of dynamical chiral symmetry breaking. In this paper, we study the effect of fermion damping caused by elastic scattering on the classical potential between fermions. By calculating the vacuum polarization function that incorporates the fermion damping effect, we show that the fermion damping can induce a weak confinement even when the fermions are massless and the chiral symmetry is not broken.
OSTI ID:
21421221
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 82; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English