Double Majorana vortex zero modes in superconducting topological crystalline insulators with surface rotation anomaly
Abstract
The interplay of time-reversal and -fold rotation symmetries () is known to bring a new class of topological crystalline insulators (TCIs) having surface Dirac cones due to surface rotation anomaly. We show that the proximity-induced -wave superconductivity on the surface of these TCIs yields a topological superconducting phase in which two Majorana zero modes are bound to a vortex, and that -fold rotation symmetry () enriches the topological classification of a superconducting vortex from to . Using a model of a three-dimensional high-spin topological insulator with -wave superconductivity and two-fold rotation symmetry, we show that, with increasing chemical potential, the number of Majorana zero modes at one end of a vortex changes as through two topological vortex phase transitions. In addition, we show that additional magnetic-mirror symmetry further enhances the topological classification to
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@article{arxiv.2008.10810,
title = {Double Majorana vortex zero modes in superconducting topological crystalline insulators with surface rotation anomaly},
author = {Shingo Kobayashi and Akira Furusaki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.10810},
year = {2020}
}
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10 pages, 4 figures