Jiunn-Wei Chen, Shi Pu, Qun Wang, Xin-Nian Wang
We derive a relativistic chiral kinetic equation with manifest Lorentz covariance and a 4-dimensional Euclidean Berry monopole. The theory is based on Wigner functions of spin-1/2 massless fermions in a constant electromagnetic background. By integrating out the $p_0$-component of the 4-momentum p, the previous 3-dimensional results derived (without vorticity) from the Hamiltonian approach is reproduced. The phase space continuity equation has a source term proportional to the product of the vorticity and electric field while the axial anomaly arises from the flux of the monopole. This makes the chiral magnetic effect, vorticity, chiral anomaly, Berry phase, and the monopole can all be described in a unified way by Wigner functions.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.8312
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