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Kondo effect in a one dimensional d-wave superconductor

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2015-06-25 v2 Superconductivity

Abstract

We derive a solvable resonant-level type model, to describe an impurity spin coupled to zero-energy bound states localized at the edge of a one dimensional d-wave superconductor. This results in a two-channel Kondo effect with a quite unusual low-temperature thermodynamics. For instance, the local impurity susceptibility yields a finite maximum at zero temperature (but no logarithmic-divergence) due to the splitting of the impurity in two Majorana fermions. Moreover, we make comparisons with the Kondo effect occurring in a two dimensional d-wave superconductor.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9912027,
  title  = {Kondo effect in a one dimensional d-wave superconductor},
  author = {Karyn Le Hur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9912027},
  year   = {2015}
}

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9 pages, final version; To be published in Europhysics Letters

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