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Quantum impurity spin in Majorana edge fermions

Superconductivity 2011-03-28 v3 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We show that Majorana edge modes of two-dimensional spin-triplet topological superconductors have Ising-like spin density whose direction is determined by the d-vector characterizing the spin-triplet pairing symmetry. Exchange coupling between an impurity spin (S=1/2) and Majorana edge modes is thus Ising-type. Under external magnetic field perpendicular to the Ising axis, the system can be mapped to a two-level system with Ohmic dissipation, which is equivalent to the anisotropic Kondo model. The magnetic response of the impurity spin can serve as a local experimental probe for the order parameter.

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@article{arxiv.1004.0750,
  title  = {Quantum impurity spin in Majorana edge fermions},
  author = {Ryuichi Shindou and Akira Furusaki and Naoto Nagaosa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.0750},
  year   = {2011}
}

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4+ pages, 2 figures

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