Quarkyonic Chiral Spirals in a Magnetic Field

TL;DR

This paper explores how magnetic fields influence the formation of quarkyonic chiral spirals, revealing an additional spiral structure aligned with the field that affects chiral symmetry and mesonic components.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of magnetic-field-induced chiral spirals in quarkyonic matter, highlighting the explicit symmetry breaking effects on their structure and orientation.

Findings

Magnetic fields induce an extra chiral spiral along the field direction.

The new spiral rotates in chiral space between pion and magnetic moment components.

Explicit symmetry breaking modifies the spiral structure and orientation.

Abstract

We discuss the formation of quarkyonic chiral spirals in the presence of a magnetic field. The explicit breaking of the rotational symmetry by the external magnetic field gives rise to an additional chiral spiral that varies along the field direction and rotates in the chiral space between pion and magnetic moment components.