Chiral kinetic theory with self-energy corrections and neutrino spin Hall effect
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2025-04-01 v3 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
We systematically derive the chiral kinetic theory for chiral fermions with collisions, including the self-energy corrections, from quantum field theories. We find that the Wigner functions and chiral kinetic equations receive both the classical and quantum corrections from the self-energies and their spacetime gradients. We also apply this formalism to study nonequilibrium neutrino transport due to the interaction with thermalized electrons and nucleons, as realized in core-collapse supernovae. We derive neutrino currents along magnetic fields and neutrino spin Hall effect induced by the density gradient at first order in the Fermi constant for anisotropic neutrino distributions.
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@article{arxiv.2308.08257,
title = {Chiral kinetic theory with self-energy corrections and neutrino spin Hall effect},
author = {Naoki Yamamoto and Di-Lun Yang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.08257},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
24 pages, 1 figure, some typos corrected