scholarly journals New types of topological superconductors under local magnetic symmetries

Author(s):  
Jinyu Zou ◽  
Qing Xie ◽  
Gang Xu ◽  
Zhida Song

Abstract We classify gapped topological superconducting (TSC) phases of one-dimensional quantum wires with local magnetic symmetries (LMSs), in which the time-reversal symmetry $\mathcal {T}$ is broken but its combinations with certain crystalline symmetry such as $M_x \mathcal {T}$, $C_{2z} \mathcal {T}$, $C_{4z}\mathcal {T}$, and $C_{6z}\mathcal {T}$ are preserved. Our results demonstrate that an equivalent BDI class TSC can be realized in the $M_x \mathcal {T}$ or $C_{2z} \mathcal {T}$ superconducting wire, which is characterized by a chiral Zc invariant. More interestingly, we also find two types of totally new TSC phases in the $C_{4z}\mathcal {T}$, and $C_{6z}\mathcal {T}$ superconducing wires, which are beyond the known AZ class, and are characterized by a helical Zh invariant and Zh⊕Zc invariants, respectively. In the Zh TSC phase, Z-pairs of MZMs are protected at each end. In the $C_{6z}\mathcal {T}$ case, the MZMs can be either chiral or helical, and even helical-chiral coexisting. The minimal models preserving $C_{4z}\mathcal {T}$ or $C_{6z}\mathcal {T}$ symmetry are presented to illustrate their novel TSC properties and MZMs.

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (14) ◽  
pp. 3569-3574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara del Junco ◽  
Laura Tociu ◽  
Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan

Minimal models of active and driven particles have recently been used to elucidate many properties of nonequilibrium systems. However, the relation between energy consumption and changes in the structure and transport properties of these nonequilibrium materials remains to be explored. We explore this relation in a minimal model of a driven liquid that settles into a time periodic steady state. Using concepts from stochastic thermodynamics and liquid state theories, we show how the work performed on the system by various nonconservative, time-dependent forces—this quantifies a violation of time reversal symmetry—modifies the structural, transport, and phase transition properties of the driven liquid.


2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (32) ◽  
pp. 1650234 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Valizadeh

We study the indirect exchange interaction between two localized magnetic moments, known as Ruderman–Kittel–Kasuya–Yosida (RKKY) interaction, in a one-dimensional (1D) spin-polarized electron gas. We find explicit expressions for each term of this interaction, study their oscillatory behaviors as a function of the distance between two magnetic moments, [Formula: see text], and compare them with the known results for RKKY interaction in the case of 1D standard electron gas. We show this interaction can be written in an anisotropic Heisenberg form, [Formula: see text], coming from broken time-reversal symmetry of the host material.


2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 43701
Author(s):  
W. Zhao ◽  
L. Ding ◽  
B. Zhou ◽  
J. Wu ◽  
Y. Bai ◽  
...  

In this paper, we present a detailed study on the phase diagrams of superconducting topological surface states, especially, focusing on the interplay between crystalline symmetry and topology of the effective BdG Hamiltonian. We show that for the 4 x 4 kinematic Hamiltonian of the normal state, a mirror symmetry M can be defined, and for the M-odd pairings, the classification of the 8 x 8 BdG Hamiltonian is ℤ⊕ℤ, and the time-reversal symmetry is broken intrinsically. The topological non-trivial phase can support chiral Majorana edge modes, and can be realized in the thin films of iron-based superconductor such as FeSeTe.


2013 ◽  
Vol 87 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Skvortsov ◽  
P. M. Ostrovsky ◽  
D. A. Ivanov ◽  
Ya. V. Fominov

Nanoscale ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (23) ◽  
pp. 14133-14140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Shen ◽  
Judy J. Cha

Topological crystalline insulators are topological insulators whose surface states are protected by the crystalline symmetry, instead of the time reversal symmetry.


2005 ◽  
Vol 94 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Barnabé-Thériault ◽  
A. Sedeki ◽  
V. Meden ◽  
K. Schönhammer

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