Aspects of Screening and Confinement in a Topologically Massive U1W×U(1)Y Chern-Simons-Higgs Theory

By using the gauge-invariant but path-dependent variables formalism, we consider a recently proposed topologically massive U1W×U(1)Y Chern-Simons-Higgs theory in 2+1 dimensions. In particular, we inspect the impact of a Chern-Simons mixing term between two Abelian gauge fields on physical observable...

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Main Authors: Patricio Gaete, José A. Helayël-Neto
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Advances in High Energy Physics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6043548
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description By using the gauge-invariant but path-dependent variables formalism, we consider a recently proposed topologically massive U1W×U(1)Y Chern-Simons-Higgs theory in 2+1 dimensions. In particular, we inspect the impact of a Chern-Simons mixing term between two Abelian gauge fields on physical observables. We pursue our investigation by analyzing the model in two different situations. In the first case, where we integrate the massive excitation and consider an effective model for the massless field, we show that the interaction energy contains a linear term leading to the confinement of static charge probes along with a screening contribution. In the second situation, where the massless field can be exactly integrated with its constraint duly taken into account, the interesting feature is that the resulting effective model describes a purely screening phase, without any trace of a confining regime.
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spelling doaj-art-a396fe8e837445bcb6c1dd676ae364782025-02-03T01:00:02ZengWileyAdvances in High Energy Physics1687-73571687-73652016-01-01201610.1155/2016/60435486043548Aspects of Screening and Confinement in a Topologically Massive U1W×U(1)Y Chern-Simons-Higgs TheoryPatricio Gaete0José A. Helayël-Neto1Departamento de Física and Centro Científico-Tecnológico de Valparaíso, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, ChileCentro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BrazilBy using the gauge-invariant but path-dependent variables formalism, we consider a recently proposed topologically massive U1W×U(1)Y Chern-Simons-Higgs theory in 2+1 dimensions. In particular, we inspect the impact of a Chern-Simons mixing term between two Abelian gauge fields on physical observables. We pursue our investigation by analyzing the model in two different situations. In the first case, where we integrate the massive excitation and consider an effective model for the massless field, we show that the interaction energy contains a linear term leading to the confinement of static charge probes along with a screening contribution. In the second situation, where the massless field can be exactly integrated with its constraint duly taken into account, the interesting feature is that the resulting effective model describes a purely screening phase, without any trace of a confining regime.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6043548
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Aspects of Screening and Confinement in a Topologically Massive U1W×U(1)Y Chern-Simons-Higgs Theory
Advances in High Energy Physics
title Aspects of Screening and Confinement in a Topologically Massive U1W×U(1)Y Chern-Simons-Higgs Theory
title_full Aspects of Screening and Confinement in a Topologically Massive U1W×U(1)Y Chern-Simons-Higgs Theory
title_fullStr Aspects of Screening and Confinement in a Topologically Massive U1W×U(1)Y Chern-Simons-Higgs Theory
title_full_unstemmed Aspects of Screening and Confinement in a Topologically Massive U1W×U(1)Y Chern-Simons-Higgs Theory
title_short Aspects of Screening and Confinement in a Topologically Massive U1W×U(1)Y Chern-Simons-Higgs Theory
title_sort aspects of screening and confinement in a topologically massive u1w u 1 y chern simons higgs theory
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6043548
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