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Title: Chiral Magnetic Effects in Nuclear Collisions

Journal Article · · Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science
 [1];  [2]
  1. Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  2. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

The interplay of quantum anomalies with strong magnetic fields and vorticity in chiral systems could lead to novel transport phenomena, such as the chiral magnetic effect (CME), the chiral magnetic wave (CMW), and the chiral vortical effect (CVE). In high-energy nuclear collisions, these chiral effects may survive the expansion of a quark–gluon plasma fireball and be detected in experiments. The experimental searches for the CME, the CMW, and the CVE have aroused extensive interest over the past couple of decades. The main goal of this article is to review the latest experimental progress in the search for these novel chiral transport phenomena at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Future programs to help reduce uncertainties and facilitate the interpretation of the data are also discussed.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-88ER40424; SC0005131
OSTI ID:
1800706
Journal Information:
Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science, Vol. 70, Issue 1; ISSN 0163-8998
Publisher:
Annual ReviewsCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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