Majorana fermions in a topological superconducting wire out of equilibrium: Exact microscopic transport analysis of a p-wave open chain coupled to normal leads

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Roy, Dibyendu ^a   Bolech, C J ^a   Shah, Nayana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 84866066740     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.094503     Document Type: Article

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