Majorana fermions in superconducting helical magnets

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Martin, Ivar ^a   Morpurgo, Alberto F ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84860229168     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.144505     Document Type: Article

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