Quark electric dipole moment induced by magnetic field
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2010-04-06 v2 High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We show numerically that quarks develop an electric dipole moment in the direction of a sufficiently intense magnetic field due to local fluctuations of topological charge. This anomalous CP-odd effect is a spin analogue of the Chiral Magnetic Effect in QCD.
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@article{arxiv.0909.2350,
title = {Quark electric dipole moment induced by magnetic field},
author = {P. V. Buividovich and M. N. Chernodub and E. V. Luschevskaya and M. I. Polikarpov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.2350},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
6 pages, 4 figures, RevTex 4.0; revision: comments added, published version