GAUGE-THEORIES WITH A LAYERED PHASE

Authors
HULSEBOS A KORTHALSALTES CP NICOLIS S
Citation
A. Hulsebos et al., GAUGE-THEORIES WITH A LAYERED PHASE, Nuclear physics. B, 450(1-2), 1995, pp. 437-451
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Volume
450
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
437 - 451
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1995)450:1-2<437:GWALP>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We study Abelian gauge theories with anisotropic couplings in 4 + D di mensions. A layered phase is present, in the absence as well as in the presence of fermions. A line of second order transitions separates th e layered from the Coulomb phase, if D less than or equal to 3.