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From a direct calculation of the anomalous Hall conductivity and an effective electromagnetic action obtained via Fujikawa's chiral rotation technique, we conclude that an axionic field theory with a nonquantized coefficient describes the electromagnetic response of the $(3+1)$-dimensional Weyl semimetal. The coefficient is proportional to the momentum space separation of …