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Chiral Kinetic Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2013-05-30 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We derive the non-equilibrium kinetic equation describing the motion of chiral massless particles in the regime where it can be considered classically. We show that the Berry monopole which appears at the origin of the momentum space due to level crossing is responsible for the chiral magnetic and vortical effects.

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@article{arxiv.1207.0747,
  title  = {Chiral Kinetic Theory},
  author = {M. A. Stephanov and Y. Yin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.0747},
  year   = {2013}
}

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4 pages

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