Abstract
Dynamical symmetry breaking in 4-fermion models in 2 + 1 dimensions is quantitatively studied. We use the 1/N expansion and show that these models are renormalizable in this framework, in spite of their non-renormalizability in weak coupling expansion. The particular topics discussed include interactions of composite Goldstone bosons with other particles and among themselves, low-energy theorems, chiral lagrangians, the effects of explicit symmetry breaking, and the thermodynamics of the dynamical symmetry restoring phase transition.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 59-108 |
Number of pages | 50 |
Journal | Physics Reports |
Volume | 205 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1991 |