Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2009-01-19
Nucl. Phys. B 825, 303 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
18 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.09.004
We study chiral phase transition and confinement of matter fields in (2+1)-dimensional U(1) gauge theory of massless Dirac fermions and scalar bosons. The vanishing scalar boson mass, $r=0$, defines a quantum critical point between the Higgs phase and the Coulomb phase. We consider only the critical point $r=0$ and the Coulomb phase with $r > 0$. The Dirac fermion acquires a dynamical mass when its flavor is less than certain critical value $N_{f}^{c}$, which depends quantitatively on the flavor $N_{b}$ and the scalar boson mass $r$. When $N_{f} < N_{f}^{c}$, the matter fields carrying internal gauge charge are all confined if $r \neq 0$ but are deconfined at the quantum critical point $r = 0$. The system has distinct low-energy elementary excitations at the critical point $r=0$ and in the Coulomb phase with $r \neq 0$. We calculate the specific heat and susceptibility of the system at $r=0$ and $r \neq 0$, which can help to detect the quantum critical point and to judge whether dynamical fermion mass generation takes place.
Cheng Geng
Li Wangrong
Liu Guo-Zhu
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