Dirac returns: non-Abelian statistics of vortices with Dirac fermions

Details Dirac returns: non-Abelian statistics of vortices with Dirac fermions Dirac returns: non-Abelian statistics of vortices with Dirac fermions

2011-09-13

arxiv.org/abs/1109.2755v2

Nucl.Phys.B859:261-268,2012

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

5 pages, 1 figure, published version

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2012.02.007

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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