The role of conformal symmetry in the Jackiw- model

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2008.07.006zbMATH Open1190.81116arXiv0806.3358OpenAlexW2104535322MaRDI QIDQ980893FDOQ980893

Authors: M. O. De Kok, J. W. van Holten 

Publication date: 8 July 2010

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Jackiw-Pi model in 2+1 dimensions is a non-relativistic conformal field theory of charged particles with point-like self-interaction. For specific values of the interaction strengths the classical theory possesses vortex and multi-vortex solutions, which are all degenerate in energy. We compute the full set of first-order perturbative quantum corrections. Only the coupling constant g^2 requires renormalization; the fields and electric charge e are not renormalized. It is shown that in general the conformal symmetries are broken by an anomalous contribution to the conservation law, proportional to the beta-function. However, the beta-function vanishes upon restricting the coupling constants to values g^2 = +/- e^2, which includes the case in which vortex solutions exist. Therefore the existence of vortices also guarantees the preservation of the conformal symmetries.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.3358

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zbMATH Keywords

vortex and multi-vortex solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

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