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Relativistic matter under extreme conditions
Description
In this thesis, we present the study of several physical properties of relativistic mat- ters under extreme conditions. We start by deriving the rate of the nonleptonic weak processes and the bulk viscosity in several spin-one color superconducting phases of quark matter. We also calculate the bulk viscosity in the nonlinear and anharmonic regime in the normal phase of strange quark matter. We point out several qualitative effects due to the anharmonicity, although quantitatively they appear to be relatively small. In the corresponding study, we take into account the interplay between the non- leptonic and semileptonic weak processes. The results can be important in order to relate accessible observables of compact stars to their internal composition. We also use quantum field theoretical methods to study the transport properties in monolayer graphene in a strong magnetic field. The corresponding quasi-relativistic system re- veals an anomalous quantum Hall effect, whose features are directly connected with the spontaneous flavor symmetry breaking. We study the microscopic origin of Fara- day rotation and magneto-optical transmission in graphene and show that their main features are in agreement with the experimental data.
Date Created
2013
Contributors
- Wang, Xinyang, Ph.D (Author)
- Shovkovy, Igor (Thesis advisor)
- Belitsky, Andrei (Committee member)
- Easson, Damien (Committee member)
- Peng, Xihong (Committee member)
- Vachaspati, Tanmay (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
x, 123 p. : ill. (some col.)
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.18686
Statement of Responsibility
by Xinyang Wang
Description Source
Retrieved on Dec. 23, 2013
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2013
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-100)
Field of study: Physics
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