QED WITH UNEQUAL CHARGES - A STUDY OF SPONTANEOUS Z(N) SYMMETRY-BREAKING

Authors
HANSSON TH NIELSEN HB ZAHED I
Citation
Th. Hansson et al., QED WITH UNEQUAL CHARGES - A STUDY OF SPONTANEOUS Z(N) SYMMETRY-BREAKING, Nuclear physics. B, 451(1-2), 1995, pp. 162-173
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Volume
451
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
162 - 173
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1995)451:1-2<162:QWUC-A>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We study two-dimensional QED with unequal charges at finite temperatur e, and show that there is a phase with a spontaneously broken Z(n) sym metry. In spite of this, we were not able to establish the presence of domain walls.