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Holographic Magnetized Chiral Density Wave

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-02-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We explore the end point of the helical instability in finite density, finite magnetic field background discussed by Kharzeev and Yee [1]. The nonlinear solution is obtained and identified with the (magnetized) chiral density wave phase in literature. We find there are two branches of solutions, which match with the two unstable modes in [1]. At large chemical potential and magnetic field, the magnetized chiral density wave can be thermodynamically preferred over chirally symmetric phase and chiral symmetry breaking phase. Interestingly, we find an exotic state with vanishing chemical potential at large magnetic field. We also attempt to clarify the role of anomalous charge in holographic model.

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@article{arxiv.1807.00330,
  title  = {Holographic Magnetized Chiral Density Wave},
  author = {Yanyan Bu and Shu Lin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.00330},
  year   = {2019}
}

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18 pages, 9 figures

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