In order to examine how a propagator behaves in non-perturbative theories and how its behavior is influenced by the choice of a covariant gauge a truncated Dyson-Schwinger equation is used to numerically investigate t...In order to examine how a propagator behaves in non-perturbative theories and how its behavior is influenced by the choice of a covariant gauge a truncated Dyson-Schwinger equation is used to numerically investigate the properties of fermions and bosons in 3D quantum electrodynamics QED and a series of self-consistent solutions for the fermion propagator in the Nambu and Wigner phases are obtained. These numerical solutions show that the propagator behaves very differently in the Landau gauge domain and in the infrared energy region outside it.By using the propagators in the Nambu and Wigner phases under various gauges it is further investigated how the fermion equivalent pressure difference and fermion condensation change with the gauge parameters.These results indicate that the phase transition described by the CJT equivalent potential and the chiral phase transition described by the chiral condensation are not completely identical.展开更多
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.10947127)the Science Foundation of Southeast University(No.11047005)
文摘In order to examine how a propagator behaves in non-perturbative theories and how its behavior is influenced by the choice of a covariant gauge a truncated Dyson-Schwinger equation is used to numerically investigate the properties of fermions and bosons in 3D quantum electrodynamics QED and a series of self-consistent solutions for the fermion propagator in the Nambu and Wigner phases are obtained. These numerical solutions show that the propagator behaves very differently in the Landau gauge domain and in the infrared energy region outside it.By using the propagators in the Nambu and Wigner phases under various gauges it is further investigated how the fermion equivalent pressure difference and fermion condensation change with the gauge parameters.These results indicate that the phase transition described by the CJT equivalent potential and the chiral phase transition described by the chiral condensation are not completely identical.
