L. Bujkiewicz et al., ON THE MEISSNER EFFECT AND THE HIGGS-LIKE MECHANISM IN ANYON SUPERCONDUCTORS, International journal of modern physics b, 10(15), 1996, pp. 1863-1873
The problem of the Meissner effect in the exotic anyon superconductor
is rediscussed from the point of view of the spontaneous breaking of s
ymmetry and the Higgs mechanism idea. It is shown that the inclusion o
f electromagnetic interactions leads to the typical Higgs mechanism on
ly in the case of the two-dimensional Coulomb interaction. The qualita
tive difference between anyon superconductivity - where the Meissner e
ffect and the Higgs mechanism are independent - and ordinary BCS super
conductivity is underlined.