Majorana fermions and odd-frequency Cooper pairs in a normal-metal nanowire proximity-coupled to a topological superconductor

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Asano, Yasuhiro ^a   Tanaka, Yukio ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84875303550     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.104513     Document Type: Article

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