pith. sign in

arxiv: 1005.2587 · v2 · pith:OGLIHAATnew · submitted 2010-05-14 · ✦ hep-th · hep-ph· nucl-th

Holographic Anomalous Conductivities and the Chiral Magnetic Effect

classification ✦ hep-th hep-phnucl-th
keywords chiralholographicgaugemagneticanomalouscalculatecalculationscharge
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

We calculate anomaly induced conductivities from a holographic gauge theory model using Kubo formulas, making a clear conceptual distinction between thermodynamic state variables such as chemical potentials and external background fields. This allows us to pinpoint ambiguities in previous holographic calculations of the chiral magnetic conductivity. We also calculate the corresponding anomalous current three-point functions in special kinematic regimes. We compare the holographic results to weak coupling calculations using both dimensional regularization and cutoff regularization. In order to reproduce the weak coupling results it is necessary to allow for singular holographic gauge field configurations when a chiral chemical potential is introduced for a chiral charge defined through a gauge invariant but non-conserved chiral density. We argue that this is appropriate for actually addressing charge separation due to the chiral magnetic effect.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.

Forward citations

Cited by 4 Pith papers

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score.

  1. Chiral Magnetic Effect and Negative Magnetoresistance across the phase diagram of finite-density SU(2) gauge theory

    hep-lat 2026-05 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    In SU(2) lattice QCD at finite density, the chiral magnetic effect from axial-vector correlators remains close to the free massless quark value with weak T and mu dependence in the plasma, while negative magnetoresist...

  2. Chiral Plasma under Strong Magnetic Fields: A Holographic Analysis of Transport Phenomena

    hep-th 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 5.0

    Holographic U(1)V x U(1)A Maxwell-Chern-Simons theory in Schwarzschild-AdS5 yields thirteen momentum- and B-field-dependent transport coefficient functions for chiral plasma currents, applied to negative magnetoresist...

  3. Approximate higher-form symmetries and dualities of massive p-forms in the holographic bulk

    hep-th 2026-05 unverdicted novelty 5.0

    Develops a holographic realization of approximate higher-form symmetries via massive antisymmetric tensor fields and derives dualities between boundary theories from bulk Hodge dualities, including constraints on curr...

  4. Chiral Magnetic effect as the anomaly in the transverse axial vector Ward Identity

    hep-th 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 5.0

    The chiral magnetic effect is the anomaly of the transverse axial vector Ward identity, which enforces a universal conductivity of 1/(2π²) robust against external parameters and interactions.