Monte Carlo Simulation of the Massive Schwinger Model

In this article we apply a previously proposed defermionization method to the study of two-dimensional QED (massive Schwinger model). We find good evidence for the spontaneous breaking of axial symmetry, i.e., 〈 ψ ψ〉≠0 in the massless limit.

FIELD THEORETICAL MODEL: SCHWINGER
LATTICE FIELD THEORY: TWO-DIMENSIONAL
GAUGE FIELD THEORY: MASSIVE
MASSIVE: GAUGE FIELD THEORY
GAUGE FIELD THEORY: MASSLESS
MASSLESS: GAUGE FIELD THEORY
SYMMETRY: CHIRAL
SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY BREAKING
FERMION: MASS
MASS: FERMION

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