Chiral Plasma Instabilities

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint 01 Aug 2013Embargo end date: 01 Feb 2013 English Publisher:American Physical Society (APS)Journal:Physical Review Letters, volume 111 (issn: 0031-9007, eissn: 1079-7114,

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Authors: Akamatsu, Yukinao; Yamamoto, Naoki;

doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.052002 , 10.48550/arxiv.1302.2125

pmid: 23952387

arXiv: 1302.2125

Chiral Plasma Instabilities

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Abstract

We study the collective modes in relativistic electromagnetic or quark-gluon plasmas with an asymmetry between left- and right-handed chiral fermions, based on the recently formulated kinetic theory with Berry curvature corrections. We find that there exists an unstable mode, signaling the presence of a plasma instability. We argue the fate of this "chiral plasma instability" including the effect of collisions, and briefly discuss its relevance in heavy ion collisions and compact stars.

5 pages, 1 figure; published version

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University of Maryland, College Park
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Kyoto University
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Nagoya University
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Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
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Keywords

High Energy Physics - Theory, Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), FOS: Physical sciences

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