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J. F. Assuncao

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Induced Chern-Simons modified gravity at finite temperature

We calculate the linearized four-dimensional gravitational Chern-Simons term at the finite temperature, show its finiteness and explicitly demonstrate that its transversal part matches the known result for the chiral vortical conductivity.

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Dynamical Lorentz symmetry breaking in a 4D massless four-fermion model

In this paper, we study the spontaneous Lorentz symmetry breaking for a four-dimensional massless four-fermion model. Our methodology is based on use of the rationalized propagator. We show that a bumblebee potential arises as a result of one-loop calculations and displays nontrivial minima. Also we demonstrate that a phase transition restoring Lorentz invariance can occur at a finite temperature.

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Nonanalyticity of the induced Carroll-Field-Jackiw term at finite temperature

In this paper, we discuss the behavior of the Carroll-Field-Jackiw (CFJ) coefficient $k^μ$ arising due to integration over massive fermions, and the modification suffered by its topological structure in the finite temperature case. Our study is based on the imaginary time formalism and summation over the Matsubara frequencies. We demonstrate that the self-energy of photon is non-analytic for the small $k^μ$ limit, i.e., the static limit $(k_0=0,\vec k\rightarrow 0)$ and the long wavelength limit $(k_0\rightarrow 0,\vec k= 0)$ do not commute, while the tensorial structure of the CFJ term holds in both limits.

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Radiatively induced CPT-odd Chern-Simons term in massless QED

In this work, we study the radiative generation of the CPT-odd Lorentz-violating Chern-Simons term, arising from massless fermions. For this, we calculate the vacuum polarization tensor using the 't Hooft-Veltman regularization scheme, in which the result obtained for the coefficient of the Chern-Simons term is $(k_{AF})_μ=-\frac{e^2}{4π^2}\,b_μ$. This result leads us precisely to the same conductivity found in Weyl semimetals, i.e., the 't Hooft-Veltman regularization scheme is the correct one to be used in this context. We also discuss the temperature dependence of $(k_{AF})_μ$, in which at high temperature, $(k_{AF})_0\to0$ and $(k_{AF})_i\to-\frac{e^2}{4π^2}b_i$. In the context of Weyl semimetals, these results are in accordance with the fact that the chiral magnetic current $j^α=(k_{AF})_0ε^{0αλρ}\partial_λA_ρ$ vanishes at high temperature, whereas the anomalous Hall current $j^α=(k_{AF})_iε^{iαλρ}\partial_λA_ρ$ remains unaffected by the finite temperature.

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