Anomalies and Transport Coefficients: The Chiral Gravito-Magnetic Effect

Abstract

Axial anomalies give rise to interesting new transport phenomena such as the "chiral magnetic effect". We discuss how the associated transport coefficients can be studied via Kubo formulas at weak and strong coupling, the latter via gauge gravity duality. We argue for a new "chiral gravito-magnetic" (or vortical) effect sensitive to the presence of mixed gauge-gravitational anomalies.

Comments: Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on Non-Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics, Paris June 6-10, 2011; econfmacro.tex, 11pages, SPIRES Conf Num: C11/06/06.4