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We calculate analytically the spectrum of the Andreev bound states in a half-infinite superconducting wire with an arbitrary number of bands crossing the chemical potential. The normal state of the wire is assumed to have an antiunitary…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-11 K. V. Samokhin

We study phase-controlled planar Josephson junctions comprising a two-dimensional electron gas with strong spin-orbit coupling and d-wave superconductors, which have an advantage of high critical temperature. We show that a region between…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-11-08 Hamed Vakili , Moaz Ali , Mohamed Elekhtiar , Alexey A. Kovalev

The possibility to observe and manipulate Majorana fermions as end states of one-dimensional topological superconductors has been actively discussed recently. In a quantum wire with strong spin-orbit coupling placed in proximity to a bulk…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-07-31 Masaki Tezuka , Norio Kawakami

We show theoretically that in the generic finite chemical potential situation, the clean superconducting spin-orbit-coupled nanowire has two distinct nontopological regimes as a function of Zeeman splitting (below the topological quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-31 Yingyi Huang , Haining Pan , Chun-Xiao Liu , Jay D. Sau , Tudor D. Stanescu , S. Das Sarma

Topological quantum computing and Majorana bound states were initially theorized between 2000 and 2010. These concepts gradually transitioned to practical implementations during the subsequent decade (2010-2020). Various directions have…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-26 Leo Kouwenhoven

Semiconducting nanowires in proximity to superconductors are promising experimental systems for Majorana fermions, which may ultimately be used as building blocks for topological quantum computers. A serious challenge in the experimental…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-07-19 Jay D. Sau , S. Das Sarma

We introduce and study a pure gauge abelian theory in 2+1D in which massive quantum vortex states do exist in the spectrum of excitations. This theory can be mapped in a three dimensional gas of point particles with a logarithmic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 E. C. Marino , F. I. Takakura

The status of experimental tests of general relativity and of theoretical frameworks for analysing them are reviewed. Einstein's equivalence principle (EEP) is well supported by experiments such as the E\"otv\"os experiment, tests of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Clifford M. Will

We show how Floquet Majorana fermions may be experimentally realized by periodic driving of a solid-state platform. The system comprises a planar Josephson junction made of a proximitized heterostructure containing a 2D electron gas (2DEG)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-13 Dillon T. Liu , Javad Shabani , Aditi Mitra

We consider a normal lead coupled to a Majorana bound state. We show that the spin-resolved current correlations exhibit unique features which distinguish Majorana bound states from other low-energy resonances. In particular, the spin-up…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-30 Arbel Haim , Erez Berg , Felix von Oppen , Yuval Oreg

Quantum dot based platforms offer a promising route towards realizing the Kitaev chain Hamiltonian hosting Majorana bound states (MBSs). Poor man's MBSs arise in a two-site Kitaev chain when the parameters of the system are fine-tuned to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Francesco Buonemani , Alvaro Gómez-León , Marco Schirò , Olesia Dmytruk

We revisit the Berenstein-Maldacena-Nastase (BMN) conjecture relating M-theory on a PP-wave background and Matrix Quantum Mechanics (MQM) of $N\times N$ matrices. In particular, we study the BMN MQM at strong coupling and finite $N$ and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-31 Shota Komatsu , Adrien Martina , João Penedones , Noé Suchel , Antoine Vuignier , Xiang Zhao

The search for conditions supporting degenerate steady states in nonequilibrium topological superconductors is important for advancing dissipative quantum engineering, a field that has attracted significant research attention over the past…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-20 M. S. Shustin , S. V. Aksenov , I. S. Burmistrov

Motivated by the $\Sigma$-hypernuclear states reported in ($K^-,\pi^{\pm}$) experiments, we have explored the possibility that there exists a particle-stable $\Sigma^- nn$ bound state. For the J\"ulich \~A hyperon-nucleon, realistic-force…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-09-25 A. Stadler , B. F. Gibson

Proximity effect is used to generate effective topological superconductor by placing strong spin orbit interacting metals with superconducting materials, aiming to produce Majorana zero modes useful for topologically protected quantum…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-02-03 Wan-Ju Li , Sung-Po Chao , Ting-Kuo Lee

In this paper, we review tests of the strong equivalence principle (SEP) derived from pulsar-white dwarf data. The extreme difference in binding energy between both components and the precise measurement of the orbital motion provided by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-05 Paulo C. C. Freire , Michael Kramer , Norbert Wex

Topological stability is an important property for topological materials. However, the non-Hermitian effects may change this situation. Here, we investigate the robustness of edge states in the non-Hermitian Kitaev chain with imbalanced…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-12-08 Xiao-Ming Zhao , Cui-Xian Guo , Su-Peng Kou , Lin-Zhuang , Wu-Ming Liu

We utilize quantum superposition principle to establish the improvable upper and lower bounds on the stronger uncertainty relation, i.e., the "weighted-like" sum of the variances of observables. Our bounds include some free parameters which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-17 Jun Zhang , Yang Zhang , Chang-shui Yu

We consider an $\mathcal{MP}$-system, that is, a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary, endowed with a magnetic field and a potential. On simple $\mathcal{MP}$-systems, we study the $\mathcal{MP}$-ray transform in order to obtain new…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-01-23 Sebastián Muñoz-Thon

We investigate fragments of generic absoluteness principles known as Maximality Principles. We determine the consistency strength of $\Sigma_n$-$\mathsf{MP}(\mathbb R)$ and $\Pi_n$-$\mathsf{MP}(\mathbb R)$, the boldface Maximality Principle…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-08-25 Takehiko Gappo , Andreas Lietz