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Chirality dependence in charge and heat transport in thermal QCD

Nuclear Theory 2022-07-06 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

In the presence of weak magnetic field (BB), novel phenomena, similar to Hall effect in condensed matter physics, emerge both in charge and heat transport in a thermal QCD medium. Here, we have employed the kinetic theory approach within a quasiparticle framework, wherein the effective masses for left (L) and right-handed (R) chiral modes of quarks are seen different, lifting the prevalent degeneracy. Another implication of weak BB is that the coefficients assume a tensorial structure: The diagonal elements represent the usual conductivities: σOhmic\sigma_{\text{Ohmic}} and κ0\kappa_0 as the coefficients of charge and heat transport, respectively and the off-diagonal elements denote their Hall counterparts: σHall\sigma_{\text{Hall}} and κ1\kappa_1, respectively. Finally, we have derived some coefficients, namely, the Knudsen number and Lorenz number in Wiedemann-Franz law. Lorenz number and Hall-Lorenz number for L-mode increases and for R-mode decreases with a magnetic field. it does not remain constant with TT hence violating the Wiedemann-Franz law.

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@article{arxiv.2112.12950,
  title  = {Chirality dependence in charge and heat transport in thermal QCD},
  author = {Pushpa and Binoy Krishna Patra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.12950},
  year   = {2022}
}

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34 pages, 32 figures