Majorana fermions and orthogonal complex structures

DOI10.1142/S0217732318400011zbMATH Open1390.81254arXiv1712.05069OpenAlexW3104453812WikidataQ129869738 ScholiaQ129869738MaRDI QIDQ4641735FDOQ4641735

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)

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.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

Majorana fermionsedge statesorthogonal complex structures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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) Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66)

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