Quantum field theory in a magnetic field: From quantum chromodynamics to graphene and Dirac semimetals

VA Miransky, IA Shovkovy - Physics Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
A range of quantum field theoretical phenomena driven by external magnetic fields and their
applications in relativistic systems and quasirelativistic condensed matter ones, such as …

Magnetic catalysis: a review

IA Shovkovy - Strongly Interacting Matter in Magnetic Fields, 2013 - Springer
The magnetic catalysis is broadly defined as an enhancement of dynamical symmetry
breaking by an external magnetic field. In this review, we discuss the underlying physics …

The QCD phase diagram for external magnetic fields

GS Bali, F Bruckmann, G Endrődi, Z Fodor… - Journal of high energy …, 2012 - Springer
A bstract The effect of an external (electro) magnetic field on the finite temperature transition
of QCD is studied. We generate configurations at various values of the quantized magnetic …

Momentum transport in strongly coupled anisotropic plasmas in the presence of strong magnetic fields

SI Finazzo, R Critelli, R Rougemont, J Noronha - Physical Review D, 2016 - APS
We present a holographic perspective on momentum transport in strongly coupled,
anisotropic non-Abelian plasmas in the presence of strong magnetic fields. We compute the …

Chiral properties of strong interactions in a magnetic background

M D'Elia, F Negro - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2011 - APS
We investigate the chiral properties of QCD in the presence of a magnetic background field
and in the low temperature regime, by lattice numerical simulations of N f= 2 QCD. We adopt …

Heavy ions and string theory

O DeWolfe, SS Gubser, C Rosen, D Teaney - Progress in Particle and …, 2014 - Elsevier
We review a selection of recent developments in the application of ideas of string theory to
heavy ion physics. Our topics divide naturally into equilibrium and non-equilibrium …

Holographic calculation of the QCD crossover temperature in a magnetic field

R Rougemont, R Critelli, J Noronha - Physical Review D, 2016 - APS
Lattice data for the QCD equation of state and the magnetic susceptibility computed near the
crossover transition at zero magnetic field are used to determine the input parameters of a …

No inverse magnetic catalysis in the QCD hard and soft wall models

D Dudal, DR Granado, TG Mertens - Physical Review D, 2016 - APS
In this paper, we study the influence of an external magnetic field in holographic QCD
models where the backreaction is modeled via an appropriate choice of the background …

Inverse magnetic catalysis in holographic models of QCD

KA Mamo - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015 - Springer
A bstract We study the effect of magnetic field B on the critical temperature T c of the
confinement-deconfinement phase transition in hard-wall AdS/QCD, and holographic duals …

Lattice QCD simulations in external background fields

M D'Elia - Strongly Interacting Matter in Magnetic Fields, 2013 - Springer
Lattice QCD Simulations in External Background Fields Page 1 Chapter 7 Lattice QCD
Simulations in External Background Fields Massimo D’Elia 7.1 Introduction The properties of …