Symmetry breaking in the Schroedinger representation for Chern-Simons theories

Journal Article · Sat Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.50.5321· OSTI ID:6909901

Dunne, G ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, 2152 Hillside Road, Storrs, Connecticut 06269 (United States)

This paper discusses the phenomenon of spontaneous symmetry breaking in the Schroedinger representation formulation of quantum field theory. The analysis is presented for three-dimensional space-time Abelian gauge theories with either Maxwell, Maxwell-Chern-Simons, or pure Chern-Simons terms as the gauge field contribution to the action, each of which leads to a different form of mass generation for the gauge fields.

• OSTI ID: 6909901
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 50:8; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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