State space for planar Majorana zero modes

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Jackiw, Roman; Pi, So-Young
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Abstract
Zero modes arising from a planar Majorana equation in the presence of N vortices require an N-dimensional state space, where N=2[superscript N/2] for N even and N=2[superscript (N+1)/2] for N odd. The mode operators form a restricted N-dimensional Clifford algebra.
Date issued
2012-01
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72031
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Journal
Physical Review B
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Jackiw, R., and S.-Y. Pi. “State Space for Planar Majorana Zero Modes.” Physical Review B 85.3 (2012): 033102-1-033102-3. © 2012 American Physical Society.
Version: Final published version
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1098-0121
1550-235X
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