Splitting of Majorana-fermion modes due to intervortex tunneling in a px+ipy superconductor

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Cheng, Meng ^a   Lutchyn, Roman M ^a   Galitski, Victor ^a   Das Sarma, S ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOGOLIUBOV-DE GENNES EQUATIONS; ENERGY SPLITTINGS; FERMION STATE; MAJORANA; SUPERCONDUCTING FLUCTUATIONS; TOPOLOGICAL STATE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ZERO ENERGY MODES;

FERMIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); WIND TUNNELS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 69549128055     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.107001     Document Type: Article

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