On the Absence of Cross-Confinement for Dynamically Generated Multi-Chern-Simons Theories
Emil M. Prodanov, Siddhartha Sen
TL;DR
This paper demonstrates that in a 3D U(1) gauge theory with massive fermions coupled to a scalar field, long-range Coulomb interactions cannot be confined, even in the Higgs phase, at any temperature.
Contribution
It reveals the impossibility of eliminating Coulomb screening in a specific 3D gauge-scalar coupled system, highlighting limitations of confinement in such theories.
Findings
Long-range Coulomb interactions remain unscreened in the studied model.
Confinement of external charges is not achievable in the broken Higgs phase.
The result holds true at both zero and non-zero temperatures.
Abstract
We show that when the induced parity breaking part of the effective action for the low-momentum region of U(1) x ... x U(1) Maxwell gauge field theory with massive fermions in 3 dimensions is coupled to a \phi^4 scalar field theory, it is not possible to eliminate the screening of the long-range Coulomb interactions and get external charges confined in the broken Higgs phase. This result is valid for non-zero temperature as well.
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