Majorana edge modes of superfluid 3He A-phase in a slab
Superconductivity
2010-11-16 v2
Abstract
Motivated by a recent experiment on the superfluid 3He A-phase with a chiral p-wave pairing confined in a thin slab, we propose designing a concrete experimental setup for observing the Majorana edge modes that appear around the circumference edge region. We solve the quasi-classical Eilenberger equation, which is quantitatively reliable, to evaluate several observables. To derive the property inherent to the Majorana edge state, the full quantum mechanical Bogoliubov-de Gennes equation is solved in this setting. On the basis of the results obtained, we perform decisive experiments to check the Majorana nature.
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@article{arxiv.1004.2122,
title = {Majorana edge modes of superfluid 3He A-phase in a slab},
author = {Y. Tsutsumi and T. Mizushima and M. Ichioka and K. Machida},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.2122},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
5 pages, 5 figures