Electromagnetism of one-component plasmas of massless fermions

We present a theoretical study of two- and three-dimensional massless Dirac one-component plasmas embedded in a constant uniform magnetic field. We determine the wavefunctions and Landau energy levels of a massless Dirac fermion in a constant magnetic field. On this basis we consider magnetism of Fe...

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Published in:Journal of plasma physics 2023-08, Vol.89 (4), Article 905890415
Main Authors: Rylyuk, V.M., Tkachenko, I.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Charged particles
Electrical resistivity
Electromagnetism
Electrons
Energy levels
Fermions
Helicity
Magnetic fields
Magnetic moments
Magnetism
Mathematical analysis
Method of moments
Plasma
Plasma physics
Plasmas (physics)
Tensors
Velocity
Wave functions
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Summary:We present a theoretical study of two- and three-dimensional massless Dirac one-component plasmas embedded in a constant uniform magnetic field. We determine the wavefunctions and Landau energy levels of a massless Dirac fermion in a constant magnetic field. On this basis we consider magnetism of Fermi fluids of massless charged particles. We show that such a three-dimensional Dirac plasma consisting of fermions with the same helicity has its own magnetic moment. We also consider the limit of strong magnetic fields and investigate the De Haas–van Alphen effect. We derive the Kubo formula for the electrical conductivity tensor of massless Dirac plasmas and consider the Shubnikov–de Haas effect. In addition, we propose a model of the static conductivity tensor and employ the matrix version of the classical method of moments to derive a Drude-like formula for the dynamic conductivity tensor for massless Dirac plasmas. We find that the electrical conductivity tensor for Dirac fermions with the right helicity is not isotropic in the plane perpendicular to the magnetic field.
ISSN:0022-3778
1469-7807
DOI:10.1017/S0022377823000752