On gauge independent dynamical chiral symmetry breaking

Schwinger-Dyson equations (SDEs) are an ideal framework to study nonperturbative phenomena such as dynamical chiral symmetry breaking (DCSB). Loss of gauge invariance is an obstacle to achieve fully reliable predictions from these equations. In addition to Ward-Green-Takahashi identity (WGTI), Landau-Khalatnikov-Fradkin transformations (LKFT) also play an important role in restoring the said invariance at the level of physical observables. On one hand, they impose useful constraints on the transverse part of the fermion-boson vertex and on the other, they govern the change in dynamically generated fermion propagator with a variation of gauge. We consider the latter in this article and study the gauge (in)dependence of chiral condensate in quantum electrodynamics in (2+1) space-time dimensions (QED3).