{
  "id": "hep-ph/9207246",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1992-07-20T11:40:27.000Z",
  "updated": "1992-07-20T11:40:27.000Z",
  "title": "Phase Structure of QED3 at Finite Temperature",
  "authors": [
    "I. J. R. Aitchison",
    "N. Dorey",
    "M. Klein-Kreisler",
    "N. E. Mavromatos"
  ],
  "comment": "9 pages",
  "journal": "Phys.Lett. B294 (1992) 91-99",
  "doi": "10.1016/0370-2693(92)91645-P",
  "categories": [
    "hep-ph",
    "hep-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "Dynamical symmetry breaking in three-dimensional QED with N fermion flavours is considered at finite temperature, in the large $N$ approximation. Using an approximate treatment of the Schwinger-Dyson equation for the fermion self-energy, we find that chiral symmetry is restored above a certain critical temperature which depends itself on $N$. We find that the ratio of the zero-momentum zero-temperature fermion mass to the critical temperature has a large value compared with four-fermion theories, as had been suggested in a previous work with a momentum-independent self-energy. Evidence of a temperature- dependent critical $N$ is shown to appear in this approximation. The phase diagram for spontaneous mass generation in the theory is presented in $T-N$ space.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1992-07-20T11:40:27.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "finite temperature",
      "phase structure",
      "zero-momentum zero-temperature fermion mass",
      "critical temperature",
      "schwinger-dyson equation"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 9,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 336197
    }
  }
}