Abstract

We point out that the second order phase transition of compact U(1) lattice gauge theory implies that a certain range of abelian Higgs models escapes the Coleman-Weinberg mechanism of spontaneous mass generation and suggest ways for a Monte Carlo investigation of the full range of its validity.

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