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Consequences of a condensed matter realization of Lorentz-violating QED in Weyl semi-metals

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: In Lorentz violating quantum electrodynamics (QED) it is known that a radiatively induced Chern-Simons term appears in the effective action for the gauge field, which is finite but undetermined. This ambiguity is shown to be absent in a condensed matter realization of such a theory in Weyl semi-metals due to the existence of a full microscopic model from which this effective theory emerges. Physically observable consequences such as birefringence are also discussed in this scenario.

Source: Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.86.045001

Author: Adolfo G. Grushin

Institutions: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid

Language: English

Topic: Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1963956003

FWCI: 6.072

Cites: 51

Cited by: 269

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