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Non-compact QED(3) coupled to a four-fermi interaction
We present preliminary numerical results for the three dimensional
non-compact QED with a weak four-fermion term in the lattice action. Approaches
based on Schwinger-Dyson studies, arguments based on thermodynamic inequalities
and numerical simulations lead to estimates of the critical number of fermion
flavors (below which chiral symmetry is broken) ranging from to
. The weak four-fermion coupling provides the framework for an
improved algorithm, which allows us to simulate the chiral limit of massless
fermions and expose delicate effects.Comment: 3 pages, Contribution to Lattice2004(chiral), Fermilab, June 21-26,
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