New phase of quantum electrodynamics: A nonperturbative fixed point in four dimensions

J. B. Kogut, Elbio Dagotto, and A. Kocic
Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 772 – Published 29 February 1988
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Abstract

Finite-size studies of noncompact quantum electrodynamics with four species of almost massless fermions suggest that there is an ultraviolet-stable, nonperturbative fixed point in four dimensions which describes an interacting field theory of bound states. This theory may be relevant to grand unification schemes, technicolor, and recent anomalous heavy-ion experiments.

  • Received 23 November 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.772

©1988 American Physical Society

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J. B. Kogut and Elbio Dagotto

  • Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801

A. Kocic

  • Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721

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Vol. 60, Iss. 9 — 29 February 1988

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