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Eduardo C Marino1, Leandro O Nascimento2, Van Sérgio Alves2
1Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-972, Brazil.
Abstract:
Charged quasiparticles, which are constrained to move on a plane, interact by means of electromagnetic (EM) fields which are not subject to this constraint, living, thus, in three-dimensional space. We have, consequently, a hybrid situation where the particles of a given system and the EM fields (through which they interact) live in different dimensions. Pseudo-Quantum Electrodynamics (PQED) is a U(1) gauge field theory that, despite being strictly formulated in two-dimensional space, precisely describes the real EM interaction of charged particles confined to a plane. PQED is completely different from QED(2 + 1), namely, Quantum Electrodynamics of a planar gauge field. It produces, for instance, the correct 1/r Coulomb potential between static charges, whereas QED(2 + 1) produces lnr potential. In spite of possessing a nonlocal Lagrangian, it has been shown that PQED preserves both causality and unitarity, as well as the Huygens principle. PQED has been applied successfully to describe the EM interaction of numerous systems containing charged particles constrained to move on a plane. Among these are p-electrons in graphene, silicene, and transition-metal dichalcogenides; systems exhibiting the Valley Quantum Hall Effect; systems inside cavities; and bosonization in (2 + 1)D. Here, we present a review article on PQED (also known as Reduced Quantum Electrodynamics).
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