arXiv · 1902.10725
Boundary central charge from bulk odd viscosity - chiral superfluids
Abstract
We derive a low energy effective field theory for chiral superfluids, which accounts for both spontaneous symmetry breaking and fermionic ground-state topology. Using the theory, we show that the odd (or Hall) viscosity tensor, at small wave-vector, contains a dependence on the chiral central charge $c$ of the boundary degrees of freedom, as well as additional non-universal contributions. We identify related bulk observables which allow for a bulk measurement of $c$. In Galilean invariant superfluids, only the particle current and density responses to strain and electromagnetic fields are required. To complement our results, the effective theory is benchmarked against a perturbative computation within a canonical microscopic model.
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Omri Golan, Carlos Hoyos, Sergej Moroz. 2019-09-13. Boundary central charge from bulk odd viscosity - chiral superfluids. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.100.104512
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