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Here, we introduce and apply non-Abelian tensor Berry connections to topological phases in multi-band systems. These gauge connections behave as non-Abelian antisymmetric tensor gauge fields in momentum space and naturally generalize…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-18 Giandomenico Palumbo

In this paper we investigate the nature of the transition from Abelian to non-Abelian confinement (i.e. crossover vs. phase transition). To this end we consider the basic N=2 model where non-Abelian flux tubes (strings) were first found:…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-05-27 M. Shifman , A. Yung

By gauging a higher-moment polynomial degree global symmetry and a discrete charge conjugation (i.e., particle-hole) symmetry coupled to matter fields (two symmetries mutually non-commutative), we derive a new class of higher-rank tensor…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-11-13 Juven Wang , Shing-Tung Yau

Multi-phase physics is a new physics of multi-gap superconductors. Multi-band superconductors exhibit many interesting and novel properties. We investigate the dynamics of the phase-difference mode and show that this mode yields a new…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-10-08 Takashi Yanagisawa , Yasumoto Tanaka , Izumi Hase

We propose realization of non-Abelian topological superconductivity in two-dimensional quasicrystals by the same mechanism as in crystalline counterparts. Specifically, we study a two-dimensional electron gas in Penrose and Ammann-Beenker…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-01-19 Rasoul Ghadimi , Takanori Sugimoto , K. Tanaka , Takami Tohyama

We provide a current perspective on the rapidly developing field of Majorana zero modes in solid state systems. We emphasize the theoretical prediction, experimental realization, and potential use of Majorana zero modes in future…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-11-09 Sankar Das Sarma , Michael Freedman , Chetan Nayak

We theoretically investigate the effect of intertube tunneling in topological superfluid phases of a quasi-one-dimensional Fermi gas with a Rashba-type spin-orbit interaction. It is shown that the effective Hamiltonian is analogous to that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-25 Takeshi Mizushima , Masatoshi Sato

Parafermion zero modes are generalizations of Majorana modes that underlie comparatively rich non-Abelian-anyon properties. We introduce exact mappings that connect parafermion chains, which can emerge in two-dimensional fractionalized…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-09-12 Aaron Chew , David F. Mross , Jason Alicea

The interplay between novel topological states and superconductivity has garnered substantial interest due to its potential for topological quantum computing. The Josephson effect serves as a useful probe for edge superconductivity in these…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-11-12 Junjie Qi , Chui-Zhen Chen , Juntao Song , Jie Liu , Ke He , Qing-Feng Sun , X. C. Xie

We review the general strategy of topologically protected quantum information processing based on non-Abelian anyons, in which quantum information is encoded into the fusion channels of pairs of anyons and in fusion paths for multi-anyon…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-02-17 Lachezar S. Georgiev

The interplay between non-Hermiticity and topology opens an exciting avenue for engineering novel topological matter with unprecedented properties. While previous studies have mainly focused on one-dimensional systems or Chern insulators,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-12 Junpeng Hou , Ya-Jie Wu , Chuanwei Zhang

Chiral-antichiral pairs of non-Abelian Hall states, like the Pfaffian, Read-Rezayi and NASS states, can be used to model two-dimensional time-reversal invariant topological insulators. Their stability was shown to be associated to the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-22 Andrea Cappelli , Enrico Randellini

Some recently observed fractional quantum Hall states are not easily explained in standard hierarchy/composite fermion schemes. This paper gives a brief introduction to some wavefunctions involving non-Abelian Read-Rezayi states with…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-07-10 Th. Jolicoeur

Electronic systems harboring one dimensional helical modes, where the spin and momentum of the electron are locked, have lately become an important field of its own. When coupled to a conventional superconductor, such systems are expected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-08 Yuval Ronen , Yonatan Cohen , Daniel Banitt , Moty Heiblum , Vladimir Umansky

Recent years saw the complete classification of topological band structures, revealing an abundance of topological crystalline insulators. Here we theoretically demonstrate the existence of topological materials beyond this framework,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-13 Daniel Varjas , Alexander Lau , Kim Pöyhönen , Anton R. Akhmerov , Dmitry I. Pikulin , Ion Cosma Fulga

Advances in hybrid fractional quantum Hall (FQH)-superconductor platforms pave the way for realisation of parafermionic modes. We analyse signatures of these non-abelian anyons in transport measurements across devices with $\mathbb{Z}_6$…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-08 Ida E. Nielsen , Jens Schulenborg , Reinhold Egger , Michele Burrello

Interferometry of non-Abelian edge excitations is a useful tool in topological quantum computing. In this paper we present a theory of a non-Abelian edge state interferometer in a 3D topological insulator brought in proximity to an s-wave…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-05-13 Johan Nilsson , A. R. Akhmerov

We show that interacting electrons in a flat Chern band can form, in addition to fractional Chern insulators, a chiral $f$-wave topological superconductor that hosts neutral Majorana fermion edge modes. Superconductivity emerges from an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-23 Daniele Guerci , Ahmed Abouelkomsan , Liang Fu

We derive new dualities of topological quantum field theories in three spacetime dimensions that generalize the familiar level-rank dualities of Chern-Simons gauge theories. The key ingredient in these dualities is non-abelian anyon…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-30 Clay Cordova , Diego García-Sepúlveda

Non-Abelian topological order (TO) is a coveted state of matter with remarkable properties, including quasiparticles that can remember the sequence in which they are exchanged. These anyonic excitations are promising building blocks of…