Electromagnetic fields and anomalous transports in heavy-ion collisions—a pedagogical review
Abstract
The hot and dense matter generated in heavy-ion collisions may contain domains which are not invariant under P and CP transformations. Moreover, heavy-ion collisions can generate extremely strong magnetic fields as well as electric fields. The interplay between the electromagnetic field and triangle anomaly leads to a number of macroscopic quantum phenomena in these P- and CP-odd domains known as anomalous transports. The purpose of this article is to give a pedagogical review of various properties of the electromagnetic fields, the anomalous transport phenomena, and their experimental signatures in heavy-ion collisions.
- Publication:
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Reports on Progress in Physics
- Pub Date:
- July 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0034-4885/79/7/076302
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1509.04073
- Bibcode:
- 2016RPPh...79g6302H
- Keywords:
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- Nuclear Theory;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- Nuclear Experiment
- E-Print:
- V2: 52 pages, 19 figures. Figures updated. References updated. Published version