Anomaly-induced transport phenomena in presence of strong external electromagnetic fields are explored within a 4D field theory defined holographically as U(1)V×U(1)A Maxwell-Chern-Simons theory in Schwarzschild-AdS5. Two complementary studies are reported. In the first one, we present results on the Ohmic conductivity, diffusion constant, chiral magnetic conductivity, and additional...
An approach to QCD vacuum as a medium describable in terms of statistical ensemble of almost everywhere homogeneous Abelian (anti-)self-dual gluon field is briefly reviewed. These fields can be seen as the confining medium for color charged fields as well as underline the specific realization of chiral $SU_{\rm L}(N_f)\times SU_{\rm R}(N_f)$ and $U_A(1)$ symmetries. The long-range...
There are currently no first-principle calculations for QCD at large, but not asymptotically large, baryon densities. For instance, we do not know at which densities there is a transition from nuclear matter to deconfined quark matter and what the nature of this transition is. I will discuss a holographic approach, using the Sakai-Sugimoto model, in which nuclear matter and quark matter are...
Jon-Ivar Skullerud
I will review several aspects of the QCD phase diagram, paying special attention to the interplay between chiral and $U(1)_A$ restoration, exploring partner degeneration and patterns of symmetry breaking. I will show that the use of Ward Identities (WI) allows to shed light on this issue, being also a fruitful tool for the understanding of thermal observables. In addition, effective chiral...
