Dynamical Mass Generation in a Finite-Temperature Abelian Gauge Theory

Abstract

We write down the gap equation for the fermion self-energy in a finite-temperature abelian gauge theory in three dimensions. The instantaneous approximation is relaxed, momentum-dependent fermion and photon self-energies are considered, and the corresponding Schwinger-Dyson equation is solved numerically. The relation between the zero-momentum and zero-temperature fermion self-energy and the critical temperature T_c, above which there is no dynamical mass generation, is then studied. We also investigate the effect which the number of fermion flavours N_f has on the results, and we give the phase diagram of the theory with respect to T and N_f.

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