arXiv:2307.06746·v1·Nuclear Theory
Chiral magnetovortical instability
Shuai Wang🇨🇳 · Xu-Guang Huang🇨🇳
Abstract
We demonstrate that in a chiral plasma subject to an external magnetic field, the chiral vortical effect can induce a new type of magnetohydrodynamic instability which we refer to as the {\it chiral magnetovortical instability}. This instability arises from the mutual evolution of the magnetic and vortical fields. It can cause a rapid amplification of the magnetic fields by transferring the chirality of the constituent particles to the cross helicity of the plasma.
Comments: V1: 7pages, 2 figures