Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2003-11-18
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
46 pages, 10 figures. Invited review to appear in 'Recent Research Developments in Physics' (TRN)
Scientific paper
In this review we discuss novel phases (quantum critical points occurring only for T=0) in (2+1)-dimensional Abelian gauge theories, which may serve as prototypes for studying the physics of nodal excitations in (underdoped) high temperature superconductors. We pay particular attention to describing the existence of novel phases related to the anomalous breaking of certain symmetries, including unconventional superconducting properties. Although some of the results are rather old, we present them here from a physical perspective not discussed previously in the literature. In this respect we also explore the (in)applicability of some non perturbative approaches on the existence of a critical number of fermion flavours for chiral symmetry breaking in our specific models, which is an issue closely related to the existence of the novel phases mentioned above.
Mavromatos Nick E.
Papavassiliou Joannis
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