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Chiral Magnetic Effect from Q-balls

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-03-17 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We apply a generic framework of linear sigma models for revealing a mechanism of the mysterious phenomenon, the chiral magnetic effect, in quark-gluon plasma. An electric current arises along a background magnetic field, which is given rise to by Q-balls (non-topological solitons) of the linear sigma model with axial anomaly. We find additional alternating current due to quark mass terms. The hadronic Q-balls, baby boson stars, may be created in heavy-ion collisions.

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@article{arxiv.1012.3264,
  title  = {Chiral Magnetic Effect from Q-balls},
  author = {Minoru Eto and Koji Hashimoto and Hideaki Iida and Akitsugu Miwa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.3264},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figures, revtex; v2: minor revision

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