Strong coupling QED breaks chiral symmetry

Journal Article · Mon Sep 28 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · Modern Physics Letters A; (Singapore)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732392004183· OSTI ID:6912504

Semenoff, G W ^[1]

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1. British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC (Canada). Dept. of Physics

The authors show that the strong coupling limit of d-dimensional quantum electrodynamics with 2[sup d]/2[sup [d/2]] flavors of fermions can be mapped onto the s = 1/2 quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnet in d [minus] 1 space dimensions. In this paper, the authors use this mapping to prove that the strong coupling limit of QED breaks chiral symmetry. The staggered Neel order parameter of the antiferromagnet is the expectation value of a mass operator in QED and the spin-waves are pions. The authors speculate that the chiral symmetry breaking phase transition corresponds to a transition between the flux phase and the conventional Neel ordered phase of an antiferromagnetic t-J model.

• OSTI ID: 6912504
• Journal Information: Modern Physics Letters A; (Singapore), Journal Name: Modern Physics Letters A; (Singapore) Vol. 7:30; ISSN 0217-7323; ISSN MPLAEQ
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS
BOSONS
CHIRAL SYMMETRY
COMPOSITE MODELS
COUPLING CONSTANTS
CRYSTAL MODELS
ELECTRODYNAMICS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
FIELD THEORIES
FLAVOR MODEL
HADRONS
HEISENBERG MODEL
MAGNETIC MATERIALS
MAPPING
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MESONS
NEEL TEMPERATURE
PARTICLE MODELS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PIONS
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUARK MODEL
SPIN WAVES
SYMMETRY
SYMMETRY BREAKING
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE