The pseudoclassical mechanics of the chiral magnetic effect

• Grant number: 18/02474-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2018
• End date: July 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Principal Investigator: Rodrigo Fresneda
• Grantee: Caio Almeida Alves de Souza
• Host Institution: Centro de Matemática, Computação e Cognição (CMCC). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/03319-6 - Non perturbative methods in quantum theory and QFT and their application to actual physical problems, AP.TEM

Abstract

In this project we will apply the pseudo-classical model for the Weyl particle to the problem of the chiral magnetic effect. The central idea is to introduce the Berry curvature, so that one can represent classically the chiral anomaly of quantum field theory. We hope to obtain an evolution equation for the one-particle distribution function which generalizes previous approaches.