Chiral symmetry restoration in RQED at finite temperature in the supercritical coupling regime
Abstract
We explore the conditions for chiral symmetry breaking in reduced (or pseudo) quantum electrodynamics at finite temperature in connection with graphene and other 2D-materials with an underlying Dirac behavior of the charge carriers. By solving the corresponding Schwinger-Dyson equation in rainbow approximation, in a Landau-like gauge and neglecting wavefunction renormalization effects, we find the need of the coupling to exceed a critical value αc in order for chiral symmetry to be broken, in agreement with known results from other groups. In this supercritical regime, we add the effects of a thermal bath at temperature T and find the critical values of this parameter that leads to chiral symmetry restoration.
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