TOPOLOGICALLY MASSIVE GAUGE-THEORY WITH O(2) SYMMETRY

Authors
KOGAN II LEE KM
Citation
Ii. Kogan et Km. Lee, TOPOLOGICALLY MASSIVE GAUGE-THEORY WITH O(2) SYMMETRY, Physics letters. Section B, 367(1-4), 1996, pp. 195-205
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
367
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
195 - 205
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1996)367:1-4<195:TMGWOS>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We discuss the structure of the vacua in O(2) topologically massive ga uge theory on a torus. Since O(2) has two connected components, there are four classical vacua. The different vacua impose different boundar y conditions on the gauge potentials. We also discuss the non-perturba tive transitions between the vacua induced by vortices of the theory.