Gauge invariance of (2+1)-dimensional QED

Citation
Iv. Tyutin et Vy. Zeitlin, Gauge invariance of (2+1)-dimensional QED, PHYS ATOM N, 61(12), 1998, pp. 2165-2174
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS OF ATOMIC NUCLEI
ISSN journal
10637788 → ACNP
Volume
61
Issue
12
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2165 - 2174
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7788(199812)61:12<2165:GIO(Q>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The problem of gauge invariance of the physical sector is studied in (2 + 1 )-dimensional Maxwell-Chern-Simons QED (QED(2 + 1)). For the procedure empl oying the Proca mass term to perform infrared regularization, it is shown t hat the fermion mass is gauge-invariant and that the mass shell in QED(2 1) is well defined in all orders of perturbation theory. A class of gauges (including the transverse and Feynman gauges) that lead to the physical sec tor that is well defined and which is independent of the gauge parameter is indicated in QED(2 + 1).