Schwinger model
In physics, the Schwinger model, named after
.The model defines the usual QED Lagrangian
over a spacetime with one spatial dimension and one temporal dimension. Where is the photon field strength, is the gauge covariant derivative, is the fermion spinor, is the fermion mass and form the two-dimensional representation of the Clifford algebra.
This model exhibits
confinement of the fermions and as such, is a toy model for QCD
. A handwaving argument why this is so is because in two dimensions, classically, the potential between two charged particles goes linearly as , instead of in 4 dimensions, 3 spatial, 1 time. This model also exhibits a chiral condensate due to a pool of instantons. The photon in this model becomes a massive particle at low temperatures. This model can be solved exactly and is used as a toy model for other more complex theories.[2][3]
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