QED with unequal charges: A study of spontaneous Zn symmetry breaking

T.H. Hansson, H.B. Nielsen, I. Zahed
1995 Nuclear Physics B  
We study two-dimensional QED with unequal charges at finite temperature, and show that there is a phase with a spontaneously broken Z_n symmetry. In spite of this, we were not able to establish the presence of domain walls. The relevance for QCD in higher dimensions is discussed.
doi:10.1016/0550-3213(95)00360-5 fatcat:3cmwlp7of5ce3ok2g7oxsry4wm