Chiral magnetic effect in SU(2) lattice gluodynamics at zero temperature

The chiral magnetic effect is the appearance of a quark electric current along a magnetic-field direction in topologically nontrivial gauge fields. There is evidence that this effect is observed in collisions between heavy ions at the RHIC collider. The features of the chiral magnetic effect in SU(2...

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Published inJETP letters Vol. 90; no. 6; pp. 412 - 416
Main Authors Buividovich, P. V., Lushchevskaya, E. V., Polikarpov, M. I., Chernodub, M. N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01.11.2009
Springer Verlag
Subjects
Atomic
Biological and Medical Physics
Biophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Molecular
Optical and Plasma Physics
Particle and Nuclear Physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Information Technology
Solid State Physics
Spintronics
12.38.Gc
13.40.-f
11.30.Rd
Yang-Mills theory
Chiral Magnetic Effect
Magnetic Fields
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Summary:The chiral magnetic effect is the appearance of a quark electric current along a magnetic-field direction in topologically nontrivial gauge fields. There is evidence that this effect is observed in collisions between heavy ions at the RHIC collider. The features of the chiral magnetic effect in SU(2) lattice gluodynamics at zero temperature have been investigated. It has been found that the electric current increases in the magnetic-field direction owing to quantum fluctuations of gluon fields. Fluctuations of the local charge density and chirality also increase with the magnetic field strength, which is a signature of the chiral magnetic effect.
ISSN:0021-3640
1090-6487
DOI:10.1134/S0021364009180027