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Massive chiral Schwinger model

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)
The chiral Schwinger model is made gauge invariant by the introduction of a Wess-Zumino field, and then studied with a mass term present for the fermion. It is found that the massive gauge boson becomes unstable and light unconfined fermions exist. The model tends to the correct massless limit only if the Jackiw-Rajaraman parameter a exceeds 2.
Research Organization:
Department of Physics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
OSTI ID:
6920067
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 61:7; ISSN PRLTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English