Dirac returns: Non-abelian statistics of vortices with Dirac fermions

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2012.02.007MaRDI QIDQ447319zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Shigehiro Yasui, Kazunori Itakura, Muneto Nitta

Publication date 3 September 2012

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.2755

zbMATH Keywords

non-abelian statisticsquantum vorticestopological superconductors and insulators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum stochastic calculus (81S25) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55)

Abstract: Topological superconductors classified as type D admit zero-energy Majorana fermions inside vortex cores, and consequently the exchange statistics of vortices becomes non-Abelian, giving a promising example of non-Abelian anyons. On the other hand, types C and DIII admit zero-energy Dirac fermions inside vortex cores. It has been long believed that an essential condition for the realization of non-Abelian statistics is non-locality of Dirac fermions made of two Majorana fermions trapped inside two well-separated vortices as in the case of type D. Contrary to this conventional wisdom, however, we show that vortices with local Dirac fermions also obey non-Abelian statistics.

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