SU(2) × U(1) unified theory for charge, orbit and spin currents

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/39/22/022zbMATH Open1093.81064arXivcond-mat/0502231OpenAlexW2093318392MaRDI QIDQ5478474FDOQ5478474

Authors: Pei-Qing Jin, You-Quan Li, Fuchun Zhang 

Publication date: 13 July 2006

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Spin and charge currents in systems with Rashba or Dresselhaus spin-orbit couplings are formulated in a unified version of four-dimensional SU(2)$imes$U(1) gauge theory, with U(1) the Maxwell field and SU(2) the Yang-Mills field. While the bare spin current is non-conserved, it is compensated by a contribution from the SU(2) gauge field, which gives rise to a spin torque in the spin transport, consistent with the semi-classical theory of Culcer et al. Orbit current is shown to be non-conserved in the presence of electromagnetic fields. Similar to the Maxwell field inducing forces on charge and charge current, we derive forces acting on spin and spin current induced by the Yang Mills fields such as the Rashba and Dresselhaus fields and the sheer strain field. The spin density and spin current may be considered as a source generating Yang-Mills field in certain condensed matter systems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0502231

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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