Thermal Nieh-Yan anomaly in Weyl superfluids
J. Nissinen, G. E. Volovik
Abstract
This paper proposes that anomalous momentum conservation at finite temperatures in topological Weyl superfluids (and superconductors) is due to universal thermal quantum effects of Weyl fermions on curved spacetimes.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsFermionSuperfluidityAnomaly (physics)Theoretical physicsQuantumMomentum (technical analysis)Quantum mechanicsThermalQuantum field theoryMathematical physicsInterpretation (philosophy)Topological Materials and PhenomenaQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamicsChemical and Physical Properties of Materials