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Effective field theory for fluids: Hall viscosity from a Wess-Zumino-Witten term

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-12-16 v2

Abstract

We propose an effective action that describe a relativistic fluid with Hall viscosity. The construction involves a Wess-Zumino-Witten term that exists only in (2+1) spacetime dimensions. We note that this formalism can accommodate only a Hall viscosity which is a homogeneous function of the entropy and particle number densities of degree one.

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@article{arxiv.1402.1146,
  title  = {Effective field theory for fluids: Hall viscosity from a Wess-Zumino-Witten term},
  author = {Michael Geracie and Dam Thanh Son},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.1146},
  year   = {2014}
}

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10 pages