Anomalous flux state in higher-order topological superconductors

Autor: Yizhi You
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Physical Review Research, Vol 5, Iss 2, p 023201 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2643-1564
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.023201
Popis: We investigate the anomalous flux state of interacting higher-order topological superconductors (HOTSC) protected by rotation symmetries. By introducing a π superconducting flux in 2D HOTSC, we demonstrate the existence of a robust zero mode trapped at the flux center. Remarkably, the rotation symmetry and fermion parity display projective representation inside the π flux with N=2 supersymmetry algebra. A similar gapless flux pattern also exists in 3D HOTSCs, the flux lines of which carry anomalous helical modes that cannot be realized on purely one-dimensional lattice models. Notably, these exotic phenomena can be manifested in a 2D frustrated quantum magnet whose low energy excitation characterizes emergent Majoranas with HOTSC band structure and the Z_{2} flux exhibiting supersymmetries.
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