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Radiatively induced CPT-odd Chern-Simons term in massless QED

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-01 v1

Abstract

In this work, we study the radiative generation of the CPT-odd Lorentz-violating Chern-Simons term, arising from massless fermions. For this, we calculate the vacuum polarization tensor using the 't Hooft-Veltman regularization scheme, in which the result obtained for the coefficient of the Chern-Simons term is (kAF)μ=e24π2bμ(k_{AF})_\mu=-\frac{e^2}{4\pi^2}\,b_\mu. This result leads us precisely to the same conductivity found in Weyl semimetals, i.e., the 't Hooft-Veltman regularization scheme is the correct one to be used in this context. We also discuss the temperature dependence of (kAF)μ(k_{AF})_\mu, in which at high temperature, (kAF)00(k_{AF})_0\to0 and (kAF)ie24π2bi(k_{AF})_i\to-\frac{e^2}{4\pi^2}b_i. In the context of Weyl semimetals, these results are in accordance with the fact that the chiral magnetic current jα=(kAF)0ϵ0αλρλAρj^\alpha=(k_{AF})_0\epsilon^{0\alpha\lambda\rho}\partial_\lambda A_\rho vanishes at high temperature, whereas the anomalous Hall current jα=(kAF)iϵiαλρλAρj^\alpha=(k_{AF})_i\epsilon^{i\alpha\lambda\rho}\partial_\lambda A_\rho remains unaffected by the finite temperature.

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@article{arxiv.1505.08156,
  title  = {Radiatively induced CPT-odd Chern-Simons term in massless QED},
  author = {J. F. Assuncao and T. Mariz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.08156},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

13 pages, accepted for publication in Europhys. Lett

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