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Download fileAnomaly induced chiral magnetic current in a Weyl semimetal: Chiral electronics
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posted on 2014-03-18, 00:00 authored by Dmitri E. Kharzeev, Ho-Ung YeeElectric circuits involving Weyl semimetals possess unusual properties induced by the quantum anomaly. The chiral magnetic current in a Weyl semimetal subjected to magnetic field modifies the behavior of such circuits in a drastic way. 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.
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This research was supported by the US Department of Energy under Contracts DE-AC02-98CH10886 and DE-FG-88ER41723.
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This is a copy of an article published in the Physical Review B © 2013 American Physical Society. The final publication is available at http://prb.aps.org/ doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.115119Publisher
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