Wednesday, July 4, 2012

1207.0477 (Dmitri E. Kharzeev et al.)

Chiral Electronics    [PDF]

Dmitri E. Kharzeev, Ho-Ung Yee
We consider the properties of electric circuits involving Weyl semimetals. The existence of the anomaly-induced chiral magnetic current in a Weyl semimetal subjected to magnetic field causes an interesting and unusual behavior of such circuits. We consider two explicit examples: i) a circuit involving the "chiral battery" and ii) a circuit that can be used as a "quantum amplifier" of magnetic field. The unique properties of these circuits stem from the chiral anomaly and may be utilized for creating "chiral electronic" devices.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.0477

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