%0 Journal Article %1 Fukushima2010Realtime %A Fukushima, Kenji %A Kharzeev, Dmitri E. %A Warringa, Harmen J. %D 2010 %K chiral\_magnetic\_effect %T Real-time dynamics of the Chiral Magnetic Effect %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.2495 %X In quantum chromodynamics, a gauge field configuration with nonzero topological charge generates a difference between the number of left- and right-handed quarks. When a (electromagnetic) magnetic field is added to this configuration, an electromagnetic current is induced along the magnetic field; this is called the chiral magnetic effect. We compute this current in the presence of a color flux tube possessing topological charge, with a magnetic field applied perpendicular to it. We argue that this situation is realized at the early stage of relativistic heavy-ion collisions.

@article{Fukushima2010Realtime, abstract = {In quantum chromodynamics, a gauge field configuration with nonzero topological charge generates a difference between the number of left- and right-handed quarks. When a (electromagnetic) magnetic field is added to this configuration, an electromagnetic current is induced along the magnetic field; this is called the chiral magnetic effect. We compute this current in the presence of a color flux tube possessing topological charge, with a magnetic field applied perpendicular to it. We argue that this situation is realized at the early stage of relativistic heavy-ion collisions.}, added-at = {2014-01-09T15:14:33.000+0100}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, author = {Fukushima, Kenji and Kharzeev, Dmitri E. and Warringa, Harmen J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/275ea1aff51fce2ed9265f1b215bb55da/jaspervh}, citeulike-article-id = {9602113}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.2495}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/1002.2495}, day = 12, eprint = {1002.2495}, interhash = {adfc8d742fea5e5eef2c173b51401998}, intrahash = {75ea1aff51fce2ed9265f1b215bb55da}, keywords = {chiral\_magnetic\_effect}, month = feb, posted-at = {2011-08-02 11:30:24}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2014-01-09T15:14:33.000+0100}, title = {Real-time dynamics of the Chiral Magnetic Effect}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.2495}, year = 2010 }