Massive photon propagator in the presence of axionic fluctuations

Abstract

The theory of massive photons in the presence of axions is studied as the effective theory describing the electromagnetic response of semimetals when a particular quartic fermionic pairing perturbation triggers the formation of charged chiral condensates, giving rise to an axionic superconductor. We investigate corrections to the Yukawa-like potential mediated by massive photons due to axion excitations up to one-loop order and compute the modifications of the London penetration length.

Comments: 32 pages and 7 figures; added Acknowledgements section; Version to appear in PhysRevB