FERMIONIC EFFECTIVE ACTION AND THE PHASE-STRUCTURE OF NONCOMPACT QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS IN 2+1 DIMENSIONS

Authors
AZCOITI V LUO XQ PIEDRAFITA CE DICARLO G GRILLO AF GALANTE A
Citation
V. Azcoiti et al., FERMIONIC EFFECTIVE ACTION AND THE PHASE-STRUCTURE OF NONCOMPACT QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS IN 2+1 DIMENSIONS, Physics letters. Section B, 313(1-2), 1993, pp. 180-186
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
313
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
180 - 186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1993)313:1-2<180:FEAATP>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We study the phase diagram of noncompact QED3 using the microcanonical fermionic average method described elsewhere. We present evidence for a continuous phase transition line in the (beta, N) plane, extending down to an arbitrarily small flavour number N.