Anomalous Chiral Transport in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 06 Dec 2017 from 4:10 pm to 5:10 pm |
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| Location: | A401, Zaffarano Hall |
| Cost: | Free |
| Contact: | Chunhui Chen |
| Phone: | 515-294-5062 |
| Channel: | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
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Anomalous chiral transport processes, with the notable example of Chiral Magnetic Effect (CME) and Chiral Magnetic Wave (CMW), are remarkable phenomena that manifest microscopic quantum anomaly of chiral fermions in a macroscopic many-body setting. Significant progress has been achieved both in their theoretical understanding and in their experimental search. In this talk, an elementary introduction will be given for the CME as well as other anomalous chiral effects such as the Chiral Magnetic Wave (CMW) and the vorticity-driven effects. The theoretical foundation for describing them is rapidly emerging, including the anomalous hydrodynamics framework for (nearly) equilibrated systems while the chiral kinetic theory for out-of-equilibrium systems. The most recent results along these lines will be highlighted, with an emphasis on their applications to heavy ion collision experiments. Finally the currently pressing issues and anticipated future developments, in the context of recently formed Beam Energy Scan Theory (BEST) Collaboration, will be envisioned.
(This is a seminar in the Fundamental Particles and Interaction (FPI) Seminar Series.)