Majorana fermions of a two-dimensional px +i py superconductor

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Kraus, Yaacov E ^a   Auerbach, Assa ^b   Fertig, H A ^c   Simon, Steven H ^d  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67650296134     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.134515     Document Type: Article

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