Chiral Anomaly in Interacting Condensed Matter Systems

Rylands, Colin; Parhizkar, Alireza; Burkov, Anton A.; Galitski, Victor

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.126.185303

Title: Chiral Anomaly in Interacting Condensed Matter Systems

Journal Article · Fri May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.126.185303· OSTI ID:1850766

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^[1]; Burkov, Anton A. ^[2]; Galitski, Victor ^[1]

Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Univ. of Waterloo, ON (Canada)

The chiral anomaly is a fundamental quantum mechanical phenomenon which is of great importance to both particle physics and condensed matter physics alike. In the context of QED, it manifests as the breaking of chiral symmetry in the presence of electromagnetic fields. It is also known that anomalous chiral symmetry breaking can occur through interactions alone, as is the case for interacting one-dimensional systems. In this Letter, we investigate the interplay between these two modes of anomalous chiral symmetry breaking in the context of interacting Weyl semimetals. Using Fujikawa’s path integral method, we show that the chiral charge continuity equation is modified by the presence of interactions which can be viewed as including the effect of the electric and magnetic fields generated by the interacting quantum matter. This can be understood further using dimensional reduction and a Luttinger liquid description of the lowest Landau level. These effects manifest themselves in the nonlinear response of the system. In particular, we find an interaction-dependent density response due to a change in the magnetic field as well as a contribution to the nonequilibrium and inhomogeneous anomalous Hall response while preserving its equilibrium value.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001911

OSTI ID:: 1850766

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 126, Issue 18; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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