Magnetic catalysis versus magnetic inhibition

We discuss the fate of chiral symmetry in an extremely strong magnetic field B. We investigate not only quark fluctuations but also neutral meson effects. The former enhances the chiral-symmetry breaking at finite B according to the magnetic catalysis, while the latter suppresses the chiral condensa...

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Published inPhysical review letters Vol. 110; no. 3; p. 031601
Main Authors Fukushima, Kenji, Hidaka, Yoshimasa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 18.01.2013
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