PIRSA:15040179 Scientific Series Condensed Matter Quantum Fields and Strings

DOI10.48660/15040179

Series: Quantum Matter

Surówka, P. (2015). Weyl fermions and QFT anomalies in the hydrodynamic regime . Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/15040179

Surówka, Piotr. Weyl fermions and QFT anomalies in the hydrodynamic regime . Perimeter Institute, Apr. 20, 2015, https://pirsa.org/15040179 

@misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:15040179,
  doi = {10.48660/15040179},
  url = {https://pirsa.org/15040179},
  author = {Sur{\'o}wka, Piotr},
  keywords = {Condensed Matter, Quantum Fields and Strings},
  language = {en},
  title = {Weyl fermions and QFT anomalies in the hydrodynamic regime },
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2015},
  month = {apr},
  note = {PIRSA:15040179 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
}

Abstract

I will show how hydrodynamics is modified if the underlying fluid constituents are massless Weyl fermions, which are anomalous at the quantum level. Because of the nondissipative nature of the modification I will construct a partition function which compactly describes the transport properties of the system and I will explain how the anomalous properties can be understood in terms of kinetic theory and heat kernels. Finally I will comment on possible applications to heavy-ion collisions, condensed matter systems such as Weyl-semi metals and potential future questions such as anomalous corrections to entanglement entropy.

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