Gauge Covariance and the Chiral Condenate in QED3
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Resumo: | The ambiguities associated with the lack of gauge invariance in the non-perturbative truncations of Schwinger-Dyson equations (SDEs) are a challenging problem which has not yet been resolved in a decisive fashion. Pursuing this aim, we study dynamical chiral symmetry breaking in quantum electrodynamics in three space-time dimensions (QED3). We investigate the gauge dependence of the chiral condensate both in the quenched and the unquenched versions of the theory and emphasize the importance of taking into account the gauge covariance properties of the fermion propagator as dictated by its Landau-Khalatnikov-Fradkin transformation (LKFT). We present numerical solutions of the SDE of the fermion propagator which respect Ward-Green-Takahashi identities (WGTI) and LKFT simultaneously. As a striking consequence, we obtain a practically gauge independent chiral condensate. |
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Gauge Covariance and the Chiral Condenate in QED3Schwinger-Dyson equationsDynamical Chiral Symmetry BreakingLandau-Khalatnikov-Fradkin transformationsThe ambiguities associated with the lack of gauge invariance in the non-perturbative truncations of Schwinger-Dyson equations (SDEs) are a challenging problem which has not yet been resolved in a decisive fashion. Pursuing this aim, we study dynamical chiral symmetry breaking in quantum electrodynamics in three space-time dimensions (QED3). We investigate the gauge dependence of the chiral condensate both in the quenched and the unquenched versions of the theory and emphasize the importance of taking into account the gauge covariance properties of the fermion propagator as dictated by its Landau-Khalatnikov-Fradkin transformation (LKFT). We present numerical solutions of the SDE of the fermion propagator which respect Ward-Green-Takahashi identities (WGTI) and LKFT simultaneously. As a striking consequence, we obtain a practically gauge independent chiral condensate.Sociedade Brasileira de Física2007-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-97332007000200024Brazilian Journal of Physics v.37 n.1b 2007reponame:Brazilian Journal of Physicsinstname:Sociedade Brasileira de Física (SBF)instacron:SBF10.1590/S0103-97332007000200024info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBashir,A.Raya,A.eng2007-05-11T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0103-97332007000200024Revistahttp://www.sbfisica.org.br/v1/home/index.php/pt/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpsbfisica@sbfisica.org.br||sbfisica@sbfisica.org.br1678-44480103-9733opendoar:2007-05-11T00:00Brazilian Journal of Physics - Sociedade Brasileira de Física (SBF)false |
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Gauge Covariance and the Chiral Condenate in QED3 |
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Gauge Covariance and the Chiral Condenate in QED3 |
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Gauge Covariance and the Chiral Condenate in QED3 Bashir,A. Schwinger-Dyson equations Dynamical Chiral Symmetry Breaking Landau-Khalatnikov-Fradkin transformations |
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Gauge Covariance and the Chiral Condenate in QED3 |
title_full |
Gauge Covariance and the Chiral Condenate in QED3 |
title_fullStr |
Gauge Covariance and the Chiral Condenate in QED3 |
title_full_unstemmed |
Gauge Covariance and the Chiral Condenate in QED3 |
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Gauge Covariance and the Chiral Condenate in QED3 |
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Bashir,A. |
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Bashir,A. Raya,A. |
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Raya,A. |
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Bashir,A. Raya,A. |
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Schwinger-Dyson equations Dynamical Chiral Symmetry Breaking Landau-Khalatnikov-Fradkin transformations |
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Schwinger-Dyson equations Dynamical Chiral Symmetry Breaking Landau-Khalatnikov-Fradkin transformations |
description |
The ambiguities associated with the lack of gauge invariance in the non-perturbative truncations of Schwinger-Dyson equations (SDEs) are a challenging problem which has not yet been resolved in a decisive fashion. Pursuing this aim, we study dynamical chiral symmetry breaking in quantum electrodynamics in three space-time dimensions (QED3). We investigate the gauge dependence of the chiral condensate both in the quenched and the unquenched versions of the theory and emphasize the importance of taking into account the gauge covariance properties of the fermion propagator as dictated by its Landau-Khalatnikov-Fradkin transformation (LKFT). We present numerical solutions of the SDE of the fermion propagator which respect Ward-Green-Takahashi identities (WGTI) and LKFT simultaneously. As a striking consequence, we obtain a practically gauge independent chiral condensate. |
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