QED$_3$ with Dynamical Fermions in an External Magnetic Field

J. Alexandre, K. Farakos, S. J. Hands, G. Koutsoumbas, S. E. Morrison

Published 2001-01-17Version 1

In this paper, we present results of numerical lattice simulations of two-flavor QED in three space-time dimensions. First, we provide evidence that chiral symmetry is spontaneously broken in the chiral and continuum limit. Next we discuss the role of an external magnetic field $B$ on the dynamically generated fermion mass. We investigate the $B$-dependence of the condensate through calculations with dynamical fermions using the non-compact formulation of the gauge field, and compare the results with those of a comparable study using the quenched approximation.