https://doi.org/10.1140/epjcd/s2003-03-1004-y
PS10 Non-perturbative Field Theory
Compact U(1) gauge theories in 2+1 dimensions and the physics of low dimensional insulating materials
1
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
2
Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Received:
13
October
2003
Accepted:
22
October
2003
Published online:
28
October
2003
Compact abelian gauge theories in d=2+1 dimensions arise often as an effective field-theoretic description of models of quantum insulators. In this paper we review some recent results about the compact abelian Higgs model in d=2+1 in that context.
PACS: 11.15.Ha Lattice gauge theory – 11.10.Kk Field theories in dimensions other than four
© Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2004
