Transition radiation as a probe of chiral anomaly
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2018-11-07 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
A fast charged particle crossing the boundary between the chiral matter and vacuum radiates the transition radiation. Its most remarkable features --- the resonant behavior at a certain emission angle and the circular polarization of the spectrum --- depend on the parameters of the chiral anomaly in a particular material/matter. The chiral transition radiation can be used to investigate the chiral anomaly in such diverse media as the quark-gluon plasma, the Weyl semimetals, and the axionic dark matter.
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@article{arxiv.1808.00635,
title = {Transition radiation as a probe of chiral anomaly},
author = {Xu-Guang Huang and Kirill Tuchin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.00635},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
6 pages; v2: typo fixed, discussion added