Parity Anomaly Cancellation in Three-Dimensional QED with a Single Massless Dirac Fermion

Karthik, Nikhil; Narayanan, Rajamani

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.041602

Title: Parity Anomaly Cancellation in Three-Dimensional QED with a Single Massless Dirac Fermion

Authors:: Karthik, Nikhil; Narayanan, Rajamani

Publication Date:: 2018-07-26

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1461730

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; TG-PHY170011

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 121 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Karthik, Nikhil, and Narayanan, Rajamani. Parity Anomaly Cancellation in Three-Dimensional QED with a Single Massless Dirac Fermion.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Karthik, Nikhil, & Narayanan, Rajamani. Parity Anomaly Cancellation in Three-Dimensional QED with a Single Massless Dirac Fermion.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.041602

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