QED at a finite chemical potential

Abstract

We consider multi-flavor QED on a finite lattice at a finite chemical potential and show that the partition function only depends on the variables, $(\frac{μ_i}{q_i} -\frac{μ_1}{q_1})$, for $i=2,...$, where $q_i$, $i=1...$ are integer valued charges of the various flavors and $μ_i$, $i=1...$ are the dimensional chemical potentials of the various flavors.

9 pages, 4 figures, minor changes to match the version to appear in Physical Review D