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Photonic chiral vortical effect

Naoki Yamamoto
Phys. Rev. D 96, 051902(R) – Published 28 September 2017

Abstract

Circularly polarized photons have the Berry curvature in the semiclassical regime. Based on the kinetic equation for such chiral photons, we derive the (non)equilibrium expression of the photon current in the direction of the vorticity. We briefly discuss the relevance of this “photonic chiral vortical effect” in pulsars and rotating massive stars and its possible realization in semiconductors.

  • Received 11 March 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.051902

© 2017 American Physical Society

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Particles & FieldsCondensed Matter, Materials & Applied PhysicsStatistical Physics & Thermodynamics

Authors & Affiliations

Naoki Yamamoto

  • Department of Physics, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan

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Vol. 96, Iss. 5 — 1 September 2017

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