The Schwinger model on a circle with an unconventional boundary condition

Atsushi Higuchi

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(91)90415-M

The Schwinger model on a circle with an unconventional boundary condition

Atsushi Higuchi^*

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We study quantum electrodynamics with a massless fermion field on a circle in Coulomb gauge, imposing a boundary condition such that the fields become their charge conjugates when they go around the circle. The theory is found to be equivalent to an anti-periodic free massive scalar field theory with two ground states.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	169-172
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	254
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(91)90415-M
Publication status	Published - 17 Jan 1991

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