The Chiral Magnetic Effect

Details The Chiral Magnetic Effect The Chiral Magnetic Effect

2008-08-25

arxiv.org/abs/0808.3382v1

Phys.Rev.D78:074033,2008

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

13 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.78.074033

Topological charge changing transitions can induce chirality in the quark-gluon plasma by the axial anomaly. We study the equilibrium response of the quark-gluon plasma in such a situation to an external magnetic field. To mimic the effect of the topological charge changing transitions we will introduce a chiral chemical potential. We will show that an electromagnetic current is generated along the magnetic field. This is the Chiral Magnetic Effect. We compute the magnitude of this current as a function of magnetic field, chirality, temperature, and baryon chemical potential.

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