Endemic Infrared Divergences in QED3 at Finite Temperature

Abstract

We demonstrate that massless QED in three dimensions contains endemic infrared divergences. It is argued that these divergences do not affect observables; furthermore, it is possible to choose a gauge that renders the theory finite.

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