Dynamical Mass Generation in Pseudo Quantum Electrodynamics with Gross-Neveu Interaction at finite temperature

TL;DR

This paper investigates how a dynamical mass can be generated in a (2+1)-dimensional PQED model coupled with Gross-Neveu interaction at finite temperature, using Schwinger-Dyson equations and approximations.

Contribution

It provides analytical and numerical analysis of mass generation in PQED with GN interaction at finite temperature, identifying critical parameters and solutions.

Findings

Critical temperature-dependent parameters $N_c(T)$ and $\alpha_c(T)$ identified.

Analytical solutions for the mass function $\Sigma(p,T)$ obtained.

Good agreement between analytical and numerical results.

Abstract

We study the dynamical mass generation in Pseudo Quantum Electrodynamics (PQED) coupled to the Gross-Neveu (GN) interaction, in (2+1) dimensions, at both zero and finite temperatures. We start with a gapless model and show that, under particular conditions, a dynamically generated mass emerges. In order to do so, we use a truncated Schwinger-Dyson equation, at the large-N approximation, in the imaginary-time formalism. In the instantaneous-exchange approximation (the static regime), we obtain two critical parameters, namely, the critical number of fermions $N_c(T)$ and the critical coupling constant $\alpha_c(T)$ as a function of temperature and of the cutoff $\Lambda$, which must be provided by experiments. In the dynamical regime, we find an analytical solution for the mass function $\Sigma(p,T)$ as well as a zero-external momentum solution for $p=0$. We compare our analytical results with numerical tests and a good agreement is found.