Strong-field physics in QED and QCD: From fundamentals to applications

K Hattori, K Itakura, S Ozaki - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
We provide a pedagogical review article on fundamentals and applications of the quantum
dynamics in strong electromagnetic fields in QED and QCD. The fundamentals include the …

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 and inverse magnetic catalysis in QCD

N Mueller, JM Pawlowski - Physical Review D, 2015 - APS
We investigate the effects of strong magnetic fields on the QCD phase structure at vanishing
density by solving the gluon and quark gap equations, and by studying the dynamics of the …

Inverse magnetic catalysis in dense holographic matter

F Preis, A Rebhan, A Schmitt - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011 - Springer
We study the chiral phase transition in a magnetic field at finite temperature and chemical
potential within the Sakai-Sugimoto model, a holographic top-down approach to (large-N c) …

Deconfinement and chiral restoration within the SU (3) Polyakov–Nambu–Jona-Lasinio and entangled Polyakov–Nambu–Jona-Lasinio models in an external …

M Ferreira, P Costa, DP Menezes, C Providência… - Physical Review D, 2014 - APS
The behavior of the quark condensates at zero chemical potential and finite temperature
subject to an external magnetic field is studied within the three flavor Nambu–Jona-Lasinio …

Inverse magnetic catalysis in field theory and gauge-gravity duality

F Preis, A Rebhan, A Schmitt - Strongly interacting matter in magnetic fields, 2013 - Springer
Two of the most important laboratories for the theory of strong interactions exhibit large
magnetic fields: firstly, in non-central relativistic heavy-ion collisions the magnetic field …

Deconfinement in the presence of a strong magnetic background:<? format?> An exercise within the MIT bag model

ES Fraga, LF Palhares - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2012 - APS
We study the effect of a very strong homogeneous magnetic field B on the thermal
deconfinement transition within the simplest phenomenological approach: the MIT bag …

Magnetized neutron star crust within effective relativistic mean-field model

V Parmar, HC Das, MK Sharma, SK Patra - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
Even though the crystallized nature of the neutron star crust plays a pivotal role in describing
various fascinating astrophysical observations, its microscopic structure is not fully …

Recent progresses on QCD phases in a strong magnetic field: views from Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model

G Cao - The European Physical Journal A, 2021 - Springer
In this review, we summarize recent progress on the possible phases of quantum
chromodynamics (QCD) in the presence of a strong magnetic field, mainly from the views of …

Spin-lattice and magnetoelectric couplings enhanced by orbital degrees of freedom in polar multiferroic semiconductors

V Kocsis, Y Tokunaga, T Rõõm, U Nagel, J Fujioka… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Orbital degrees of freedom mediating an interaction between spin and lattice were predicted
to raise strong magnetoelectric effect, ie, to realize an efficient coupling between magnetic …