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We study nondissipative transport induced by the Nieh-Yan anomaly. After computing the torsional terms in the equilibrium partition function using transgression, we find the constitutive relations for the covariant axial-vector, heat, stress, and spin currents. A number of new transport effects are found, driven by background torsion and the spin chemical potential. Torsional constitutive relations in two-dimensional systems are also analyzed.
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Valle, M., Vázquez-Mozo, M.Á. On Nieh-Yan transport. J. High Energ. Phys. 2022, 177 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2022)177
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