Deconfinement transition in three-dimensional compact U(1) gauge theories coupled to matter fields.
Deconfinement transition in three-dimensional compact U(1) gauge theories coupled to matter fields.
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三维紧凑 U(1) 规范理论与物质场耦合的解约束转变。
DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.88.232001
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发表时间:
2002
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
A. Sudbø
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作者:
H. Kleinert;F. Nogueira;A. Sudbø
It is shown that permanent confinement in three-dimensional compact U(1) gauge theory can be destroyed by matter fields in a deconfinement transition. This follows from a nontrivial infrared fixed point caused by matter, and an anomalous scaling dimension of the gauge field. This leads to a logarithmic interaction between the defects of the gauge fields, which form a gas of magnetic monopoles. For logarithmic interactions, the original electric charges are unconfined. The confined phase, which is permanent in the absence of matter fields, is reached at a critical electric charge, where the interaction between magnetic charges is screened by a pair-unbinding in a Kosterlitz-Thouless-like phase transition.