Chern-Simons term by spontaneous symmetry breaking in an abelian Higgs model

Paul, Samir K. ; Khare, Avinash (1987) Chern-Simons term by spontaneous symmetry breaking in an abelian Higgs model Physics Letters B, 193 (2-3). pp. 253-256. ISSN 0370-2693

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Abstract

We show that the Chern-Simons terms can be generated by spontaneous symmetry breaking in a generalized abelian Higgs model in 2 + 1 dimensions. We analyze this model in some detail and show the existence of two (neutral) vortices of finite energy in each topologically nontrivial sector.

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