New applications of the chiral anomaly
| dc.creator | Fröhlich, J. | |
| dc.creator | Pedrini, B. | |
| dc.date | 2000-02-23 | |
| dc.date | 2000-03-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T04:09:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T04:09:32Z | |
| dc.description | We describe consequences of the chiral anomaly in the theory of quantum wires, the (quantum) Hall effect, and of a four-dimensional cousin of the Hall effect. We explain which aspects of conductance quantization are related to the chiral anomaly. The four-dimensional analogue of the Hall effect involves the axion field, whose time derivative can be interpreted as a (space-time dependent) difference of chemical potentials of left-handed and right-handed charged fermions. Our four-dimensional analogue of the Hall effect may play a significant role in explaining the origin of large magnetic fields in the (early) universe. | |
| dc.description | 39 pages, LaTeX2e, AMSTeX, 1 figure; typos corrected, refernces added. To appear in "Mathematical Physics 2000", T. Kibble editor, Imperial College Press, July 2000 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0002195 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0002195 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/49880 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | New applications of the chiral anomaly | |
| dc.type | text |