Dynamical Mass Generation in Pseudo Quantum Electrodynamics with Gross-Neveu Interaction at finite temperature

Abstract

We study the dynamical mass generation in Pseudo Quantum Electrodynamics (PQED) coupled to the Gross-Neveu (GN) interaction, in (2+1) dimensions, at both zero and finite temperatures. We start with a gapless model and show that, under particular conditions, a dynamically generated mass emerges. In order to do so, we use a truncated Schwinger-Dyson equation, at the large-N approximation, in the imaginary-time formalism. In the instantaneous-exchange approximation (the static regime), we obtain two critical parameters, namely, the critical number of fermions Nc(T ) and the critical coupling constant αc(T ) as a function of temperature and of the cutoff Λ, which must be provided by experiments. In the dynamical regime, we find an analytical solution for the mass function Σ(p, T ) as well as a zero-external momentum solution for p = 0. We compare our analytical results with numerical tests and a good agreement is found.