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Anomalous Casimir effect in axion electrodynamics

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20J20974
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section国内
Review Section Basic Section 15010:Theoretical studies related to particle-, nuclear-, cosmic ray and astro-physics
Research InstitutionKeio University

Principal Investigator

QIU Zebin  慶應義塾大学, 自然科学研究教育センター(日吉), 特別研究員(PD)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-24 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
KeywordsQCD / Effective Theory / Topology / Chiral Symmetry / Phase Diagram / Skyrme Model / Chiral Soliton Lattice / Topological Soliton / Casimir Effect / Chiral Anomaly / Axion Electrodynamics
Outline of Research at the Start

I study novel physical phenomena induced by quantum anomaly. One is the anomalous Casimir effect that refers to the force resulting from quantum fluctuations among the vacuum. In the presence of chiral anomaly, the Casimir force exhibits extraordinary properties such as altering its nature from attraction to repulsion. On the other hand, the curvature and torsion of spacetime also have non-trivial interplay with the chiral anomaly and they generate new type of anomalous currents in chiral systems. I'm devoted to quantifying these effects and revealing their physical significance.

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

I accomplished two studies on the topological phases of low-energy dense QCD.
The first was a magnetized Skyrmion system describing the hadron properties altered by an external magnetic field. Our results hint at the enhancement of the baryonic confinement induced by the magnetic field, in an original approach.
The second was a further investigation of a competing mesonic phase (against baryonic phase) under a strong magnetic field, namely the chiral soliton lattice. We innovatively encompass the eta meson into the chiral perturbation theory which was usually in terms of only pions. We found the ground state given such a U(2) field is a mixed soliton lattice or quasicrystal with nontrivial windings of both neutral pion and eta, which could be the first incarnation of a quasicrystal in QCD.

Research Progress Status

令和4年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

令和4年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Magnetic enhancement of baryon confinement modelled via a deformed Skyrmion2023

    • Author(s)
      Shi Chen, Kenji Fukushima and Zebin Qiu
    • Journal Title

      Physics Letter B

      Volume: arXiv: 2303.04692 Pages: 1-15

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Quasicrystals in QCD2023

    • Author(s)
      Zebin Qiu and Muneto Nitta
    • Journal Title

      Journal of High Energy Physics

      Volume: arXiv: 2304.05089 Pages: 1-19

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Skyrmions in a magnetic field and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msup><mml:mi>π</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msup></mml:math> domain wall formation in dense nuclear matter2022

    • Author(s)
      Chen Shi、Fukushima Kenji、Qiu Zebin
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review D

      Volume: 105 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-6

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevd.105.l011502

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Chiral torsional effect with finite temperature, density and curvature2020

    • Author(s)
      Shota Imaki and Zebin Qiu
    • Journal Title

      Phys. Rev. D

      Volume: 102, 016001 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-8

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevd.102.016001

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Further Study on Chiral Soliton Lattice2023

    • Author(s)
      Zebin Qiu
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会2023年春季大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Further Study on Chiral Soliton Lattice2023

    • Author(s)
      Zebin Qiu
    • Organizer
      Biweekly meeting of the Stavanger chapter of the Norwegian Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology Theory Network (N-PACT)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Chiral torsional effect with finite temperature, density, and curvature2021

    • Author(s)
      Zebin Qiu
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会2021年秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2020-07-07   Modified: 2024-03-26  

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