  We propose a novel mechanism of the Kondo effect driven by a chirality
imbalance (or chiral chemical potential) of relativistic light fermions. This
effect is realized by the mixing between a right- or left-handed fermion and a
heavy impurity in the chirality imbalanced matter even at zero density. This is
different from the usual Kondo effect induced by finite density. We derive the
Kondo effect from both a perturbative calculation and a mean-field approach. We
also discuss the temperature dependence of the Kondo effect. The Kondo effect
at nonzero chiral chemical potential can be tested by future lattice
simulations.
