English

Aharonov-Bohm Effect for Quasiparticles around a Vortex Line in a D-wave Superconductor

Superconductivity 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

On the basis of the Bogolubov-de Gennes theory we develop an analytical description of low-energy extended quasiparticle states around an isolated flux line in a superconductor with gap nodes. The wavefunctions of these excitations and the corresponding density of states are shown to be strongly influenced by the interaction with a pure gauge potential due to the Aharonov-Bohm scenario.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0007156,
  title  = {Aharonov-Bohm Effect for Quasiparticles around a Vortex Line in a D-wave Superconductor},
  author = {A. S. Mel'nikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0007156},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, revtex, 1 Postscript figure, references added