Chiral Magnetic Effect in QED induced by longitudinal photons

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates the existence of the chiral magnetic effect in a strongly magnetized electron-positron gas within QED, induced by longitudinal photons, and derives a new axial anomaly expression in this medium.

Contribution

It introduces a novel axial anomaly expression for massive particles in a magnetic field, linking the chiral magnetic effect in QED to similar phenomena in QCD.

Findings

Chiral magnetic effect exists in magnetized QED plasma.

A new axial anomaly expression is derived for massive particles.

The effect relates to phenomena observed in QCD chiral magnetic studies.

Abstract

Chiral magnetic effect exists in an electron-positron strongly magnetized gas in QED. It is induced by an electric field parallel to the external field $\textbf{B}$, like that produced by the pseudovector longitudinal mode propagating along $\textbf{B}$. In the static limit, an electric pseudovector current is obtained in the lowest Landau level. We obtain a new axial anomaly expression in a medium of massive particles in the presence of $\textbf{B}$, for scattering or pair creation, similar to the usual QED axial anomaly. The effect is interesting in connection to the QCD chiral magnetic case reported in current literature.