97 research outputs found

    Anomalous Transport and Generalized Axial Charge

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    In this paper we continue studying the modification of the axial charge in chiral media by macroscopic helicities. Recently it was shown that magnetic reconnections result in a persistent current of zero mode along flux tubes. Here we argue that in general a change in the helical part of the generalized axial charge results in the same phenomenon. Thus one may say that there is a novel realization of chiral effects requiring no initial chiral asymmetry. The transfer of flow helicity to zero modes is analyzed in a toy model based on a vortex reconnection in a chiral superfluid. Then, we discuss the balance between the two competing processes effect of reconnections and the chiral instability on the example of magnetic helicity. We argue that in the general case there is a possibility for the distribution of the axial charge between the magnetic and fermionic forms at the end of the instability.Comment: 19 pages, version accepted in PR

    On the Higher-Spin Spectrum in Large N Chern-Simons Vector Models

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    Chern-Simons gauge theories coupled to massless fundamental scalars or fermions define interesting non-supersymmetric 3d CFTs that possess approximate higher-spin symmetries at large N. In this paper, we compute the scaling dimensions of the higher-spin operators in these models, to leading order in the 1/N expansion and exactly in the 't Hooft coupling. We obtain these results in two independent ways: by using conformal symmetry and the classical equations of motion to fix the structure of the current non-conservation, and by a direct Feynman diagram calculation. The full dependence on the 't Hooft coupling can be restored by using results that follow from the weakly broken higher-spin symmetry. This analysis also allows us to obtain some explicit results for the non-conserved, parity-breaking structures that appear in planar three-point functions of the higher-spin operators. At large spin, we find that the anomalous dimensions grow logarithmically with the spin, in agreement with general expectations. This logarithmic behavior disappears in the strong coupling limit, where the anomalous dimensions turn into those of the critical O(N) or Gross-Neveu models, in agreement with the conjectured 3d bosonization duality.Comment: 52 pages, 7 figures. v3: Minor correction

    On consistency of hydrodynamic approximation for chiral media

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    We consider chiral liquids, that is liquids consisting of massless fermions and right-left asymmetric. In such media, one expects existence of electromagnetic current flowing along an external magnetic field, associated with the chiral anomaly. The current is predicted to be dissipation-free. We consider dynamics of chiral liquids, concentrating on the issues of possible instabilities and infrared sensitivity. Instabilities arise, generally speaking, already in the limit of vanishing electromagnetic constant, αel0\alpha_{el}\to 0. In particular, liquids with non-vanishing chiral chemical potential might decay into right-left asymmetric states containing vortices.Comment: Published versio

    Chiral Vortical Effect in Superfluid

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    We consider rotating superfluid pionic liquid, with superfluidity being induced by isospin chemical potential. The rotation is known to result in a chiral current flowing along the axis of the rotation. We argue that in case of superfluidity the chiral current is realized on fermionic zero modes propagating along vortices. The current evaluated in this way differs by a factor of two from the standard one. The reason is that the chiral charge is carried by zero modes which propagate with speed of light, and thus the liquid cannot be described by a single (local) velocity, like it is assumed in standard derivations.Comment: 10 pages. To be published in PRD. Minor changes added; typos fixe

    Coulomb corrections to the Delbrueck scattering amplitude at low energies

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    In this article, we study the Coulomb corrections to the Delbrueck scattering amplitude. We consider the limit when the energy of the photon is much less than the electron mass. The calculations are carried out in the coordinate representation using the exact relativistic Green function of an electron in a Coulomb field. The resulting relative corrections are of the order of a few percent for scattering on for a large charge of the nucleus. We compare the corrections with the corresponding ones calculated through the dispersion integral of the pair production cross section and also with the magnetic loop contribution to the g-factor of a bound electron. The last one is in a good agreement with our results but the corrections calculated through the dispersion relation are not.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figure

    Serial and parallel kernelization of Multiple Hitting Set parameterized by the Dilworth number, implemented on the GPU

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    The NP-hard Multiple Hitting Set problem is finding a minimum-cardinality set intersecting each of the sets in a given input collection a given number of times. Generalizing a well-known data reduction algorithm due to Weihe, we show a problem kernel for Multiple Hitting Set parameterized by the Dilworth number, a graph parameter introduced by Foldes and Hammer in 1978 yet seemingly so far unexplored in the context of parameterized complexity theory. Using matrix multiplication, we speed up the algorithm to quadratic sequential time and logarithmic parallel time. We experimentally evaluate our algorithms. By implementing our algorithm on GPUs, we show the feasability of realizing kernelization algorithms on SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Date) architectures.Comment: Added experiments on one more data se

    Research of ways of realization of the information interchange controller for the specialized computing module and implementation variation choice

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    Рассмотрена задача реализации контроллера системной магистрали для вычислительного модуля, предназначенного для использования в составе цифровой вычислительной системы семейства «Малахит». Контроллер выполнен на базе программируемой логической интегральной схемы и осуществляет сопряжение процессора серии «Мультикор», являющегося ядром модуля, с системной магистралью. Проработаны варианты реализации контроллера для конкретной приборной реализации модуля, сделаны выводы и рекомендации по их применению.The problem of implementation of the information interchange controller that is intended for the specialized computing system is discussed. The controller is implemented on programmable logic integrated circuits and provides processor of series «multicore» and information interchange interface logical connective. The ways of controller realization are researched and recommendations of efficient controller variations use are made
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