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arxiv: 1307.2234 · v1 · pith:BLO5NNNFnew · submitted 2013-07-08 · ✦ hep-th · cond-mat.mes-hall· nucl-th

Chiral and Gravitational Anomalies on Fermi Surfaces

classification ✦ hep-th cond-mat.mes-hallnucl-th
keywords termanomalieschern-simonschiralfermigravitationalabelianaction
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A Fermi surface threaded by a Berry phase can be described by the Wess-Zumino-Witten (WZW) term. After gauging, it produces a five-dimensional Chern-Simons term in the action. We show how this Chern-Simons term captures the essence of the Abelian, non-Abelian, and mixed gravitational anomalies in describing both in- and off-equilibrium phenomena. In particular we derive a novel contribution to the Chiral Vortical Effect that arises when a temperature gradient is present. We also discuss the issue of universality of the anomalous currents.

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