Quantum Field Effects of Acceleration and Rotation: the Chiral Vortical Effect and the Unruh Effect

Abstract

The effects of vorticity and acceleration can be studied in the framework of a general fundamental approach based on the Zubarev density operator. The calculation of axial current is related to Chiral Vortical Effect (CVE) and hyperon polarization, while the calculation of acceleration corrections to energy density leads to the Unruh effect. The nonperturbative formula for CVE of massive fermions and the possibility of stabilization and suppression of the axial current in the plasma of elementary particles due to the appearance of an effective mass, depending on temperature, is discussed.