On the chiral imbalance and Weibel instabilities

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2016.04.009zbMATH Open1360.81281arXiv1602.00111OpenAlexW2269308870MaRDI QIDQ526196FDOQ526196

Authors: Avdhesh Kumar, Jitesh R. Bhatt, Predhiman K. Kaw 

Publication date: 10 May 2017

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the chiral-imbalance and the Weibel instabilities in presence of the quantum anomaly using the Berry-curvature modified kinetic equation. We argue that in many realistic situations, e.g. relativistic heavy-ion collisions, both the instabilities can occur simultaneously. The Weibel instability depends on the momentum anisotropy parameter $xi$ and the angle ($het{a}_n$) between the propagation vector and the anisotropy direction. It has maximum growth rate at $het{a}_n=0$ while $het{a}_n=pi/2$ corresponds to a damping. On the other hand the pure chiral-imbalance instability occurs in an isotropic plasma and depends on difference between the chiral chemical potentials of right and left-handed particles. It is shown that when $het{a}_n=0$, only for a very small values of the anisotropic parameter $xisimx{i}_c$, growth rates of the both instabilities are comparable. For the cases $x{i}_c<xill1$, $xiapprox1$ or $xigeq1$ at $het{a}_n=0$, the Weibel modes dominate over the chiral-imbalance instability if $m{u}_5/Tleq1$. However, when $m{u}_5/Tgeq1$, it is possible to have dominance of the chiral-imbalance modes at certain values of $het{a}_n$ for an arbitrary $xi$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.00111

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zbMATH Keywords

Berry curvaturechiral imbalancemomentum anisotropy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

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• Berry phase effects on electronic properties
• Quantal phase factors accompanying adiabatic changes

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