articlePhysical Review LettersNov 6, 2009GREEN OA

Hydrodynamics with Triangle Anomalies

University of Washington · Institute of Physics · +1 more institution

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Abstract

We consider the hydrodynamic regime of theories with quantum anomalies for global currents. We show that a hitherto discarded term in the conserved current is not only allowed by symmetries, but is in fact required by triangle anomalies and the second law of thermodynamics. This term leads to a number of new effects, one of which is chiral separation in a rotating fluid at nonzero chemical potential. The new kinetic coefficients can be expressed, in a unique fashion, through the anomaly coefficients and the equation of state. We briefly discuss the relevance of this new hydrodynamic term for physical situations, including heavy-ion collisions.

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Keywords
  • Physics
  • Anomaly (physics)
  • Term (time)
  • Homogeneous space
  • Current (fluid)
  • Kinetic term
  • Kinetic energy
  • Statistical physics
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