Abstract
We study the parity-odd part of the gauge field two-point function in the effective action in three-dimensional non-Abelian gauge theory with both Higgs fields and the Chern-Simons term. It is shown that, contrary to a previous proposal, there is no hint of spontaneous parity breakdown up to one-loop level, if care is taken to turn off the Chern-Simons coefficient before expanding the effective action into local terms.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1826-1830 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)