Saturday, 8 December 2018

Propagator of Chern-Simons Abelian gauge theory


I need to compute the "topologically massive photon" propagator.



I've started with :


L=14FμνFμν+μ4ϵμνλAμνAλ

=Aμ[12gμλ2+μ2ϵμνλν](Δ1)μλAλ


So how can I invert The under braced part which will yield the topologically massive photon propagator?



Answer



The following is a rough calculation. If the operator,


μλ=ημλ2+μϵμνλν,

is the one you wish to invert, then we must solve the differential equation


μλG=[ημλ2+μϵμνλν]G=iδ(4)(xy)


where (i) is by convention. I think the momentum space equivalent is


[ημλp2+iμϵμνλpν]ˆG=ieipy.


To obtain ˆG in position/physical space, you must perform an inverse fourier transform. Let me know what you get, I'm curious!



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