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We derive a condition for the existence of completely or exponentially localised Majorana bound states (with the potential for non-Abelian statistics) in a generic many-body system. We discuss the relationship between the existence of these…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-09-22 T. E. O'Brien , A. R. Wright

We review several theoretical aspects of the Equivalence Principle (EP). We emphasize the unsatisfactory fact that the EP maintains the absolute character of the coupling constants of physics while General Relativity, and its…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-04 Thibault Damour

The strong equivalence principle (SEP) distinguishes General Relativity from other viable theories of gravity. The SEP demands that the internal dynamics of a self-gravitating system under free-fall in an external gravitational field should…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-05 Kyu-Hyun Chae , Federico Lelli , Harry Desmond , Stacy S. McGaugh , Pengfei Li , James M. Schombert

We study the possibility to realize Majorana zero mode that's robust and may be easily manipulated for braiding in quantum computing in the ground state of the Kitaev model in this work. To achieve this we first apply a uniform [111]…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-12-13 Lu Yang , Jia-Xing Zhang , Shuang Liang , Wei Chen , Qiang-Hua Wang

We show that one-dimensional electron systems in proximity of a superconductor that support Majorana edge states are extremely susceptible to electron-electron interactions. Strong interactions generically destroy the induced…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-07-14 Suhas Gangadharaiah , Bernd Braunecker , Pascal Simon , Daniel Loss

Various models of quantum gravity imply the Planck-scale modifications of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle into a so-called generalized uncertainty principle (GUP). The GUP effects on high-energy physics, cosmology, and astrophysics have…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-04-18 Dongfeng Gao , Jin Wang , Mingsheng Zhan

Electronic excitations above the ground state must overcome an energy gap in superconductors with spatially-homogeneous s-wave pairing. In contrast, inhomogeneous superconductors such as those with magnetic impurities or weak links, or…

We propose and theoretically investigate an alternative way to create the poor man's Majorana bound states (MBSs) introduced in Phys. Rev. B 86, 134528 (2012). Our proposal is based on two quantum dots (QDs) with strong electron-electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-29 Athanasios Tsintzis , Rubén Seoane Souto , Martin Leijnse

By representing a quantum state and its evolution with the majorana stars on the Bloch sphere, the Majorana representation (MR) provide us an intuitive way to study a physical system with SU(2) symmetry. In this work, based on coherent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-03 H. D. Liu , L. B. Fu , Xiaoguang Wang

The interplay between the curved spacetimes of general relativity and quantum mechanical systems is an active field of research. However, analysis of relativistic gravitation on extended quantum systems remains understudied. To this end, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Patrick J. Wong , Zackary White , Alexander V. Balatsky

We investigate helical edge states (HES) emerging at the composite domain wall of spin and pseudo-spin degrees of freedom in a 2-D bulk governed by the Bernevig-Hughes-Zhang Hamiltonian which underwent quantum spin Hall to anomalous Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-22 Subhadeep Chakraborty , Vivekananda Adak , Sourin Das

Based on the principle of linearized stability proposed by Lyapounov, we investigate the robustness of Majorana zero energy state (MZES), which plays an important role in topological quantum computation. We show that the MZES is not enough…

General Physics · Physics 2022-05-11 Zheng-Chuan Wang

Theoretical research suggests a emergence of the Majorana bound states at the ends of the nanowires. Experimental verifications of said concept has already been executed, e.g., in superconductor/semiconductor nanowire devices where…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-01 Aksel Kobiałka , Andrzej Ptok

We study the formation of Majorana states in quasi-1D and 2D square lattices with open boundary conditions, with general anisotropic Rashba coupling, in the presence of an applied Zeeman field and in the proximity of a superconductor. For…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-27 N. Sedlmayr , J. M. Aguiar-Hualde , C. Bena

Majorana stars, the $2S$ spin coherent states that are orthogonal to a spin-$S$ state, offer an elegant method to visualize quantum states, disclosing their intrinsic symmetries. These states are naturally described by the corresponding…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-17 J. L. Romero , A. B. Klimov , A. Z. Goldberg , G. Leuchs , L. L. Sanchez-Soto

From our general index theorem that characterises faithfully the boundary-bulk correspondence of topological superconductors and insulators, we reveal rigorously that four topologically distinct types of Majorana zero-modes can emerge at…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-12-30 Y. X. Zhao , Z. D. Wang

We study the Kitaev model on a finite-size square lattice with periodic boundary conditions in one direction and open boundary conditions in the other. Based on the fact that the Majorana representation of Kitaev model is equivalent to a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-27 P. Wang , S. Lin , G. Zhang , Z. Song

We discuss how to recognize the constellations seen in the Majorana representation of quantum states. Then we give explicit formulas for the metric and symplectic form on SU(2) orbits containing general number states. Their metric and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Anna Baecklund , Ingemar Bengtsson

The standard argument for the validity of Einstein's equivalence principle in a non-relativistic quantum context involves the application of a mass superselection rule. It is surprising that the consistency between such an important…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-02-17 H. Hernandez-Coronado , E. Okon

A quasi-1D superconductor with odd number of Fermi surfaces is expected to exhibit a nondegenerate Majorana bound state at the Fermi level at its boundary with an insulator (where the latter could be an actual insulator material or vacuum,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-10-27 Maxim Kharitonov , Ewelina M. Hankiewicz , Björn Trauzettel , F. Sebastian Bergeret