Spontaneous symmetry breaking at two loop in 3-D massless scalar electrodynamics

Jul, 1996
14 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 388 (1996) 611-620
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Report number:
  • UMN-TH-1505-96

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Abstract:
In three dimensional Maxwell-Chern-Simons massless scalar electrodynamics with ϕ 6 \phi~6 coupling, the U(1)U(1) symmetry is spontaneously broken at two loop order regardless of the presence or absence of the Maxwell term. Dimensional transmutation takes place in pure Chern-Simons scalar electrodynamics. The beta function for the ϕ 6\phi~6 coupling is independent of gauge couplings.
Note:
  • 15 pages. LaTex. Theorem 3 is added
  • gauge field theory: U(1)
  • Chern-Simons term
  • dimension: 3
  • phi**n model: 6
  • spontaneous symmetry breaking
  • perturbation theory: higher-order
  • effective potential