Chiral Plasma Instabilities
Nuclear Theory
2013-08-05 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We study the collective modes in relativistic electromagnetic or quark-gluon plasmas with an asymmetry between left- and right-handed chiral fermions, based on the recently formulated kinetic theory with Berry curvature corrections. We find that there exists an unstable mode, signaling the presence of a plasma instability. We argue the fate of this "chiral plasma instability" including the effect of collisions, and briefly discuss its relevance in heavy ion collisions and compact stars.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1302.2125,
title = {Chiral Plasma Instabilities},
author = {Yukinao Akamatsu and Naoki Yamamoto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.2125},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
5 pages, 1 figure; published version