Chiral magnetic effect in condensed matter systems

Li, Qiang; Kharzeev, Dmitri E.

doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2016.03.055

Chiral magnetic effect in condensed matter systems

Journal Article · Wed Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 2016 · Nuclear Physics. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2016.03.055· OSTI ID:1245403

Li, Qiang ^[1]; Kharzeev, Dmitri E. ^[2]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)

The chiral magnetic effect is the generation of electrical current induced by chirality imbalance in the presence of magnetic field. It is a macroscopic manifestation of the quantum anomaly in relativistic field theory of chiral fermions. In the quark-gluon plasma, the axial anomaly induces topological charge changing transition that results in the generation of electrical current along the magnetic field. In condensed matter systems, the chiral magnetic effect was first predicted in the gapless semiconductors with tow energy bands having pointlike degeneracies. In addition, thirty years later after this prediction, the chiral magnetic effect was finally observed in the 3D Dirac/Weyl semimetals.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

OSTI ID:: 1245403

Report Number(s):: BNL--112016-2016-JA; KC0202050

Journal Information:: Nuclear Physics. A, Journal Name: Nuclear Physics. A Journal Issue: C Vol. 956; ISSN 0375-9474

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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