scholarly journals Entangled end states with fractionalized spin projection in a time-reversal-invariant topological superconducting wire

2018 ◽  
Vol 98 (17) ◽  
Author(s):  
Armando A. Aligia ◽  
Liliana Arrachea
Author(s):  
Jinyu Zou ◽  
Qing Xie ◽  
Gang Xu ◽  
Zhida Song

Abstract We classify gapped topological superconducting (TSC) phases of one-dimensional quantum wires with local magnetic symmetries (LMSs), in which the time-reversal symmetry $\mathcal {T}$ is broken but its combinations with certain crystalline symmetry such as $M_x \mathcal {T}$, $C_{2z} \mathcal {T}$, $C_{4z}\mathcal {T}$, and $C_{6z}\mathcal {T}$ are preserved. Our results demonstrate that an equivalent BDI class TSC can be realized in the $M_x \mathcal {T}$ or $C_{2z} \mathcal {T}$ superconducting wire, which is characterized by a chiral Zc invariant. More interestingly, we also find two types of totally new TSC phases in the $C_{4z}\mathcal {T}$, and $C_{6z}\mathcal {T}$ superconducing wires, which are beyond the known AZ class, and are characterized by a helical Zh invariant and Zh⊕Zc invariants, respectively. In the Zh TSC phase, Z-pairs of MZMs are protected at each end. In the $C_{6z}\mathcal {T}$ case, the MZMs can be either chiral or helical, and even helical-chiral coexisting. The minimal models preserving $C_{4z}\mathcal {T}$ or $C_{6z}\mathcal {T}$ symmetry are presented to illustrate their novel TSC properties and MZMs.


PIERS Online ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 1259-1263
Author(s):  
Ian Scott ◽  
Ana Vukovic ◽  
Phillip Sewell
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianghai Sheng ◽  
Lee Thompson ◽  
Hrant Hratchian

This work evaluates the quality of exchange coupling constant and spin crossover gap calculations using density functional theory corrected by the Approximate Projection model. Results show that improvements using the Approximate Projection model range from modest to significant. This study demonstrates that, at least for the class of systems examined here, spin-projection generally improves the quality of density functional theory calculations of J-coupling constants and spin crossover gaps. Furthermore, it is shown that spin-projection can be important for both geometry optimization and energy evaluations. The Approximate Project model provides an affordable and practical approach for effectively correcting spin-contamination errors in molecular exchange coupling constant and spin crossover gap calculations.


Author(s):  
Hubert Grün ◽  
Christian Hofer ◽  
Markus Haltmeier ◽  
Günther Paltauf ◽  
Peter Burgholzer

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