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arxiv: hep-th/9608176 · v1 · submitted 1996-08-27 · ✦ hep-th

Anomalous Behavior in the Massive Schwinger Model

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keywords anomalouschiralcondensatedependencepolyakovvacuumanglearbitrary
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We evaluate the chiral condensate and Polyakov loop in two-dimensional QED with a fermion of an arbitrary mass ($m$). We find discontinuous $m$ dependence in the chiral condensate and anomalous temperature dependence in Polyakov loops when the vacuum angle $\theta$$\sim$$\pi$ and $m$=O($e$). These nonperturbative phenomena are due to the bifurcation process in the solutions to the vacuum eigenvalue equation.

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