https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201612900036
Chiral spiral induced by a strong magnetic field
Department of Education, Aichi University of Education, 1 Hirosawa, Igaya-cho, Kariya 448-8542, Japan
* e-mail: abuki@auecc.aichi-edu.ac.jp
Published online: 25 November 2016
We study the modification of the chiral phase structure of QCD due to an external magnetic field. We first demonstrate how the effect of magnetic field can systematically be incorporated into a generalized Ginzburg-Landau framework. We then analyze the phase structure in the vicinity of the chiral critical point. In the chiral limit, the effect is found to be so drastic that it brings a “continent” of chiral spiral in the phase diagram, by which the chiral tricritical point is totally washed out. This is the case no matter how small the intensity of magnetic field is. On the other hand, the current quark mass protects the chiral critical point from a weak magnetic field. However, the critical point will eventually be covered by the chiral spiral phase as the magnetic field grows.
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