Majorana fermions and orthogonal complex structures

DOI10.1142/S0217732318400011MaRDI QIDQ4641735zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors J. S. Calderón-García, Andrés F. Reyes-Lega

Publication date 18 May 2018

Published in Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.05069

zbMATH Keywords

edge statesMajorana fermionsorthogonal complex structures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Quantum groups and related algebraic methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R50)

Abstract: Ground states of quadratic Hamiltonians for fermionic systems can be characterized in terms of orthogonal complex structures. The standard way in which such Hamiltonians are diagonalized makes use of a certain "doubling" of the Hilbert space. In this work we show that this redundancy in the Hilbert space can be completely lifted if the relevant orthogonal structure is taken into account. Such an approach allows for a treatment of Majorana fermions which is both physically and mathematically transparent. Furthermore, an explicit connection between orthogonal complex structures and the topological $mathbb{Z}_2$-invariant is given.

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