Spontaneously Broken Lorentz Invariance in Three-Dimensional Gauge Theories

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9 August 1993

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.hep-th/9308045

Abstract

In a wide class of three-dimensional Abelian gauge theories with a bare Chern-Simons term, the Lorentz invariance is spontaneously broken by dynamical generation of a non-vanishing magnetic field. A detailed computation of an energy density of the true vacuum is given. The originally massive photon becomes massless, fulfilling the role of a Nambu-Goldstone boson associated with the spontaneous breaking of the Lorentz invariance.

Keywords

SPONTANEOUSLY BROKEN
LORENTZ INVARIANCE
DIMENSIONAL GAUGE
MAGNETIC FIELD
BROKEN LORENTZ
GAUGE THEORIES
WIDE CLASS
PHOTON

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Version 1, 1993-08-09, ArXiv
Version 1, 1994-08-26, ArXiv (Unconfirmed version)
Published version: Physics Letters B, 319 (1-3), 332.

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