An anomalous propulsion mechanism
We consider a gas of free chiral fermions trapped inside a uniform rotating spherical shell. Once the shell becomes transparent the fermions are emitted along the axis of rotation due to the chiral and mixed anomaly. In return, owing to momentum conservation, the shell is propelled forward. We study...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-03-01
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Series: | Nuclear Physics B |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321318300208 |