Helical magnetic effect and the chiral anomaly
High Energy Physics - Theory
2021-06-08 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
In the presence of the fluid helicity , the magnetic field induces an electric current of the form . This is the helical magnetic effect (HME). We show that for massless Dirac fermions with charge , the transport coefficient is fixed by the chiral anomaly coefficient as independently of interactions. We show the conjecture that the coefficient of the magnetovorticity coupling for the local vector charge, , is related to the chiral anomaly coefficient as . We also discuss the condition for the emergence of the helical plasma instability that originates from the HME.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2103.13208,
title = {Helical magnetic effect and the chiral anomaly},
author = {Naoki Yamamoto and Di-Lun Yang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.13208},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
13 pages; v2: published version