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Algebras associated with Quantum Electrodynamics and other gauge theories share some mathematical features with T-duality Exploiting this different perspective and some category theory, the full algebra of fermions and bosons can be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-02 Keith C. Hannabuss

Quasiparticle poisoning, expected to arise during the measurement of Majorana zero mode state, poses a fundamental problem towards the realization of Majorana-based quantum computation. Parafermions, a natural generalization of Majorana…

We define and study an action of the symmetric group on the Yokonuma--Hecke algebra. This leads to the definition of two classes of algebras. The first one is connected with the image of the algebra of the braid group inside the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2019-06-18 N. Jacon , L. Poulain d'Andecy

Recent work suggests that topological features of certain quantum gravity theories can be interpreted as particles, matching the known fermions and bosons of the first generation in the Standard Model. This is achieved by identifying…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2010-01-15 Sundance Bilson-Thompson , Jonathan Hackett , Louis H. Kauffman

We show how to exchange (braid) Majorana fermions in a network of superconducting nanowires by control over Coulomb interactions rather than tunneling. Even though Majorana fermions are charge-neutral quasiparticles (equal to their own…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-09 B. van Heck , A. R. Akhmerov , F. Hassler , M. Burrello , C. W. J. Beenakker

We suggest Clifford algebra as a useful simplifying language for present quantum dynamics. Clifford algebras arise from representations of the permutation groups as they arise from representations of the rotation groups. Aggregates using…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 James Baugh , David Ritz Finkelstein , Andrei Galiautdinov , Heinrich Saller

Majorana fermions hold promise for quantum computation, because their non-Abelian braiding statistics allows for topologically protected operations on quantum information. Topological qubits can be constructed from pairs of well-separated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-07-31 T. Hyart , B. van Heck , I. C. Fulga , M. Burrello , A. R. Akhmerov , C. W. J. Beenakker

Recently, Majorana fermions (MFs) have attracted intensive attention because of their possible non-Abelian statistics. This paper points out an approach to verify the non-Abelian statistics of MFs in topological superconductors. We…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-05 Qiu-Bo Cheng , Jing He , Su-Peng Kou

In this paper we find a Clifford algebra associated to generalized Fibonacci quaternions. In this way, we provide a nice algorithm to obtain a division quaternion algebra starting from a quaternion non-division algebra and vice-versa.

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2014-04-08 Cristina Flaut

In this work we explore the structure of Clifford algebras and the representations of the algebraic spinors in quantum information theory. Initially we present an general formulation through elements of left minimal ideals in tensor…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-02-03 Marco A. S. Trindade , Sergio Floquet , J. D. M. Vianna

The internal degrees of freedom of fermions are in the spin-charge-family theory described by the Clifford algebra objects, which are superposition of an odd number of $\gamma^a$'s. Arranged into irreducible representations of…

General Physics · Physics 2020-04-02 D. Lukman , M. Komendyak , N. S. Mankoc Borstnik

Homotopy braid group description including cyclotron motion of charged interacting 2D particles at strong magnetic field presence is developed in order to explain, in algebraic topology terms, Laughlin correlations in fractional quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-23 J. Jacak , I. Jozwiak , L. Jacak , K. Wieczorek

The Carroll algebra is constructed as the $c\to0$ limit of the Poincare algebra and is associated to symmetries on generic null surfaces. In this paper, we begin investigations of Carrollian fermions or fermions defined on generic null…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-04-19 Arjun Bagchi , Aritra Banerjee , Rudranil Basu , Minhajul Islam , Saikat Mondal

In these lectures, we discuss some well-known facts about Clifford algebras: matrix representations, Cartan's periodicity of 8, double coverings of orthogonal groups by spin groups, Dirac equation in different formalisms, spinors in $n$…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-01-23 D. S. Shirokov

Majorana-based topological qubits are expected to exploit the nonabelian braiding statistics of Majorana modes in topological superconductors to realize fault-tolerant topological quantum computation. Scalable qubit designs require several…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-27 Pasquale Marra , Daisuke Inotani , Muneto Nitta

The necessary appearance of Clifford algebras in the quantum description of fermions has prompted us to re-examine the fundamental role played by the quaternion Clifford algebra, C(0,2). This algebra is essentially the geometric algebra…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-03-06 Ernst Binz , Maurice A. de Gosson , Basil J. Hiley

In this paper, we will describe a topological model for elementary particles based on 3-manifolds. Here, we will use Thurston's geometrization theorem to get a simple picture: fermions as hyperbolic knot complements (a complement…

General Physics · Physics 2019-10-23 Torsten Asselmeyer-Maluga

Majorana zero modes are quasiparticle excitations in condensed matter systems that have been proposed as building blocks of fault-tolerant quantum computers [1]. They are expected to exhibit non-Abelian particle statistics, in contrast to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-18 S. M. Albrecht , A. P. Higginbotham , M. Madsen , F. Kuemmeth , T. S. Jespersen , J. Nygård , P. Krogstrup , C. M. Marcus

Wave functions describing quasiholes and electrons in nonabelian quantum Hall states are well known to correspond to conformal blocks of certain coset conformal field theories. In this paper we explicitly analyse the algebraic structure…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. K. Slingerland , F. A. Bais

Dedicated to Ludwig Faddeev on his 80th birthday. Ludwig exemplifies perfectly a mathematical physicist: significant contribution to mathematics (algebraic properties of integrable systems) and physics (quantum field theory). In this note I…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-19 R. Jackiw