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Majorana-Hubbard model on the square lattice

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2017-12-14 v4 Superconductivity

Abstract

We study a tight-binding model of interacting Majorana (Hermitian) modes on a square lattice. The model may have an experimental realization in a superconducting-film--topological-insulator heterostructure in a magnetic field. We find a rich phase diagram, as a function of interaction strength, including a superfluid phase with spontaneous breaking of an emergent U(1)U(1) symmetry, separated by a supersymmetric transition from a gapless normal phase.

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@article{arxiv.1706.05469,
  title  = {Majorana-Hubbard model on the square lattice},
  author = {Ian Affleck and Armin Rahmani and Dmitry Pikulin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.05469},
  year   = {2017}
}

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17 pages, 12 figures