Phase transition induced by a magnetic field

G. W. Semenoff; I. A. Shovkovy; L. C.R. Wijewardhana

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Phase transition induced by a magnetic field

G. W. Semenoff, I. A. Shovkovy, L. C.R. Wijewardhana

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Abstract

The magnetic catalysis of discrete chiral symmetry breaking in the (2 + 1)-dimensional Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model is analyzed. Particular attention is paid to a possible application of the effect in solid state physics. The fermion contribution to the thermal conductivity as a function of the dynamical mass (energy gap in the spectrum) is estimated and is shown to be suppressed when a nonzero order parameter develops.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1143-1154
Number of pages	12
Journal	Modern Physics Letters A
Volume	13
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732398001212
State	Published - May 10 1998
Externally published	Yes

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General Physics and Astronomy

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