New class of topological superconductors protected by magnetic group symmetries

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Fang, Chen ^a,b   Gilbert, Matthew J ^a   Bernevig, B Andrei ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TOPOLOGY; VORTEX FLOW;

BULK SUPERCONDUCTORS; CRYSTALLINE INSULATORS; GROUP SYMMETRIES; MAGNETIC VORTICES; MIRROR REFLECTIONS; NONINTERACTING; SUPERCONDUCTING VORTICES; TOPOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 84896386972     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.106401     Document Type: Article

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