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Topological Effects in Medium

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Two closely related topological phenomena are studied at finite density and temperature. These are chiral anomaly and Chern--Simons term. It occurs that the chiral anomaly doesn't depend on density and temperature. Chern-Simons term appearance in even dimensions is studied under two types of constraints: chiral and usual charges conservation. In odd dimensions, by using different methods it is shown that μ2=m2\mu^2 = m^2 is the crucial point for Chern--Simons at zero temperature. So when μ2<m2\mu^2 < m^2 μ\mu--influence disappears and we get the usual Chern-Simons term. On the other hand, when μ2>m2\mu^2 > m^2 the Chern-Simons term vanishes because of non--zero density of background fermions. The connection between parity anomalous Chern-Simons in odd dimension and chiral anomaly in even dimension is established at arbitrary density and temperature. These results hold in any dimension as in abelian, so as in nonabelian cases.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9806047,
  title  = {Topological Effects in Medium},
  author = {A. N. Sissakian and O. Yu. Shevchenko and S. B. Solganik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9806047},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

to be published in Phys. of Elem. Part. and Atom. Nucl., 40 pages