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Topological superfluids with time reversal symmetry

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2008-03-20 v1

Abstract

It is shown that superfluids in two and three dimensions which have time reversal invariant ground states have phases which are distinguished by a topological invariant. Further, it is shown that the B-phase of 3^3 He is a superfluid in the non-trivial topological class. Superfluids in the non-trivial topological class are shown to have gapless edge states and support various kinds of vortices with zero energy modes localized in their cores. Some of these vortices have non-abelian statistics.

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@article{arxiv.0803.2868,
  title  = {Topological superfluids with time reversal symmetry},
  author = {Rahul Roy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.2868},
  year   = {2008}
}

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5 pages

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