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Spontaneous Magnetization in Lorentz Invariant Theories

D. Wesolowski, Y. Hosotani

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9505113

Abstract

In a class of three-dimensional Abelian gauge theories with both light and heavy fermions, heavy chiral fermions can trigger dynamical generation of a magnetic field, leading to the spontaneous breaking of the Lorentz invaiance. Finite masses of light fermions tend to restore the Lorentz invariance.

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