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Initially, a domain of axial charge (left) (imbalance of left handed versus right handed quarks) is anomalously produced from the sphaleron transition. The Chiral Magnetic then generates a vector current, resulting in the depicted vector charge dipole (right). As the system evolves, the CME current transports the dipole apart, creating a vector charge imbalance, and an axial current through the Chiral Separation Effect, where ultimately an axial charge dipole is also created. This simultaneous excitation of CME and CSE is known as the Chiral Magnetic Wave.

For more information, see: arXiv:1612.02477 .

A sphaleron transition during the Minkowski space-time evolution of an SU(2) plasma (here in thermal equilibrium). Plotted are values of the scalar production of the non-Abelian electric and magnetic fields. On the left are the dynamical field values, where on the right are values after cooling the gauge link variables.

For more information, see: arXiv:1601.07342.