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Chiral Magnetic Effect in QED induced by longitudinal photons

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-01-29 v5

Abstract

Chiral magnetic effect exists in an electron-positron strongly magnetized gas in QED. It is induced by an electric field parallel to the external field B\textbf{B}, like that produced by the pseudovector longitudinal mode propagating along B\textbf{B}. In the static limit, an electric pseudovector current is obtained in the lowest Landau level. We obtain a new axial anomaly expression in a medium of massive particles in the presence of B\textbf{B}, for scattering or pair creation, similar to the usual QED axial anomaly. The effect is interesting in connection to the QCD chiral magnetic case reported in current literature.

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@article{arxiv.1502.07589,
  title  = {Chiral Magnetic Effect in QED induced by longitudinal photons},
  author = {J. L. Acosta Avalo and H. Perez Rojas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.07589},
  year   = {2016}
}

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