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Mass flows and angular momentum density for $p_x+ip_y$ paired fermions in a harmonic trap

Superconductivity 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

We present a simple two-dimensional model of a px+ipyp_x+ip_y superfluid in which the mass flow that gives rise to the intrinsic angular momentum is easily calculated by numerical diagonalization of the Bogoliubov-de Gennes operator. We find that, at zero temperature and for constant director l\bf l, the mass flow closely follows the Ishikawa-Mermin-Muzikar formula jmass=12curl(ρl/2){\bf j}_{\rm mass}= \frac 12 {\rm curl} (\rho \hbar {\bf l}/2).

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0702412,
  title  = {Mass flows and angular momentum density for $p_x+ip_y$ paired fermions in a harmonic trap},
  author = {Michael Stone and Inaki Anduaga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0702412},
  year   = {2009}
}

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