Chern-Simons diffusion rate across different phase transitions

Abstract

We investigate how the dimensionless ratio given by the Chern-Simons diffusion rate ${\Gamma }_{\text{CS}}$ divided by the product of the entropy density $s$ and temperature $T$ behaves across different kinds of phase transitions in the class of bottom-up non-conformal Einstein-dilaton holographic models originally proposed by Gubser and Nellore. By tuning the dilaton potential, one is able to holographically mimic a first order, a second order, or a crossover transition. In a first order phase transition, ${\Gamma }_{\text{CS}}/sT$ jumps at the critical temperature (as previously found in the holographic literature), while in a second order phase transition it develops an infinite slope. On the other hand, in a crossover, ${\Gamma }_{\text{CS}}/sT$ behaves smoothly, although displaying a fast variation around the pseudo-critical temperature. In all the cases, ${\Gamma }_{\text{CS}}/sT$ increases with decreasing $T$. The behavior of the Chern-Simons diffusion rate across different phase transitions is expected to play a relevant role for the chiral magnetic effect around the QCD critical end point, which is a second order phase transition point connecting a crossover band to a line of first order phase transition. Our findings in the present work add to the literature the first predictions for the Chern-Simons diffusion rate across second order and crossover transitions in strongly coupled non-conformal, non-Abelian gauge theories.

11 pages, 6 figures, version accepted for publication in Physical Review D

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