Junction of three off-critical quantum Ising chains and two-channel Kondo effect in a superconductor
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2016-11-28 v2
Abstract
We show that a junction of three off-critical quantum Ising chains can be regarded as a quantum spin chain realization of the two-channel spin-1/2 overscreened Kondo effect with two superconducting leads. We prove that, as long as the Kondo temperature is larger than the superconducting gap, the equivalent Kondo model flows towards the 2 channel Kondo fixed point. We argue that our system provides the first controlled realization of 2 channel Kondo effect with superconducting leads. This, besides its the theoretical interest, is of importance for potential applications to a number of context, including the analysis of the quantum entanglement properties of a Kondo system.
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@article{arxiv.1608.03071,
title = {Junction of three off-critical quantum Ising chains and two-channel Kondo effect in a superconductor},
author = {Domenico Giuliano and Gabriele Campagnano and Arturo Tagliacozzo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.03071},
year = {2016}
}
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14 pages, 4 .eps figures