Chiral magnetic waves in strongly coupled Weyl semimetals

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Autores principales: Ahn, Yongjun, Baggioli, Matteo, Liu, Yan, Wu, Xin-Meng
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Publicado: 2024
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author Ahn, Yongjun
Baggioli, Matteo
Liu, Yan
Wu, Xin-Meng
author_facet Ahn, Yongjun
Baggioli, Matteo
Liu, Yan
Wu, Xin-Meng
contents Propagating chiral magnetic waves (CMW) are expected to exist in chiral plasmas due to the interplay between the chiral magnetic and chiral separation effects induced by the presence of a chiral anomaly. Unfortunately, it was pointed out that, because of the effects of electric conductivity and dissipation, CMW are overdamped and therefore their signatures are unlikely to be seen in heavy-ion collision experiments and in the quark gluon plasma. Nonetheless, the chiral anomaly plays a fundamental role in Weyl semimetals and their anomalous transport properties as well. Hence, CMW could be potentially observed in topological semimetals using table-top experiments. By using a holographic model for strongly coupled Weyl semimetals, we investigate in detail the nature of CMW in presence of Coulomb interactions and axial charge relaxation and estimate whether, and in which regimes, CMW could be observed as underdamped collective excitations in topological materials.
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spellingShingle Chiral magnetic waves in strongly coupled Weyl semimetals
Ahn, Yongjun
Baggioli, Matteo
Liu, Yan
Wu, Xin-Meng
High Energy Physics - Theory
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Nuclear Theory
Propagating chiral magnetic waves (CMW) are expected to exist in chiral plasmas due to the interplay between the chiral magnetic and chiral separation effects induced by the presence of a chiral anomaly. Unfortunately, it was pointed out that, because of the effects of electric conductivity and dissipation, CMW are overdamped and therefore their signatures are unlikely to be seen in heavy-ion collision experiments and in the quark gluon plasma. Nonetheless, the chiral anomaly plays a fundamental role in Weyl semimetals and their anomalous transport properties as well. Hence, CMW could be potentially observed in topological semimetals using table-top experiments. By using a holographic model for strongly coupled Weyl semimetals, we investigate in detail the nature of CMW in presence of Coulomb interactions and axial charge relaxation and estimate whether, and in which regimes, CMW could be observed as underdamped collective excitations in topological materials.
title Chiral magnetic waves in strongly coupled Weyl semimetals
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.07772