{
  "id": "hep-ph/9901446",
  "version": "v3",
  "published": "1999-01-29T20:47:32.000Z",
  "updated": "1999-02-26T21:03:12.000Z",
  "title": "Boundary Effects in the Magnetic Catalysis of Chiral Symmetry Breaking",
  "authors": [
    "E. J. Ferrer",
    "V. P. Gusynin",
    "V. de la Incera"
  ],
  "comment": "7 pages, revtex. Typos are corrected, references updated and new ones included, and added the calculation of the critical length in case of twisted fermions",
  "journal": "Phys.Lett. B455 (1999) 217-223",
  "doi": "10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00470-0",
  "categories": [
    "hep-ph",
    "cond-mat",
    "hep-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "The catalysis of chiral symmetry breaking by an applied constant magnetic field and in the presence of boundaries along third axis is investigated in the four-dimensional Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. It is shown that in case of periodic boundary conditions for fermions the magnetic field breaks the chiral symmetry, generating a dynamical mass even at the weakest attractive interaction between fermions. For antiperiodic boundary conditions the effect of the finite third dimension is to counteract the chiral symmetry breaking.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v3",
      "updated": "1999-02-26T21:03:12.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "chiral symmetry breaking",
      "boundary effects",
      "magnetic catalysis",
      "antiperiodic boundary conditions",
      "four-dimensional nambu-jona-lasinio model"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "RevTeX",
      "pages": 7,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 494700
    }
  }
}