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Title: Chiral anomaly, Berry phase, and chiral kinetic theory from worldlines in quantum field theory

Journal Article · · Physical Review D

Here, we outline a novel chiral kinetic theory framework for systematic computations of the Chiral Magnetic Effect (CME) in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. The real part of the fermion determinant in the QCD effective action is expressed as a supersymmetric world-line action of spinning, colored, Grassmanian point particles in background gauge fields, with equations of motion that are covariant generalizations of the Bargmann-Michel-Telegdi and Wong equations. Berry’s phase is obtained in a consistent non-relativistic adiabatic limit. The chiral anomaly, in contrast, arises from the phase of the fermion determinant; its topological properties are therefore distinct from those of the Berry phase. We show that the imaginary contribution to the fermion determinant too can be expressed as a point particle world-line path integral and derive the corresponding anomalous axial vector current. Our results can be used to derive a covariant relativistic chiral kinetic theory including the effects of topological fluctuations that has overlap with classical-statistical simulations of the CME at early times and anomalous hydrodynamics at late times.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; SFB 1225
OSTI ID:
1427565
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1440355
Report Number(s):
BNL-205730-2018-JAAM; PRVDAQ; 051901
Journal Information:
Physical Review D, Journal Name: Physical Review D Vol. 97 Journal Issue: 5; ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 60 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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