Published May 2010
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Journal article
Dynamical delocalization of Majorana edge states by sweeping across a quantum critical point
Creators
- 1. Departamento de Fisica Teorica I, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid (Spain)
- 2. MATIS-INFM and Dipartimento di Metodologie Fisiche Chimiche (DMFCI), Universita di Catania, viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania (Italy)
Description
We study the adiabatic dynamics of Majorana fermions across a quantum phase transition. We show that the Kibble-Zurek scaling, which describes the density of bulk defects produced during the critical point crossing, is not valid for edge Majorana fermions. Therefore, the dynamics governing an edge state quench is nonuniversal and depends on the topological features of the system. Besides, we show that the localization of Majorana fermions is a necessary ingredient to guarantee robustness against defect production.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/12/5/055014Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- New Journal of Physics
- Journal Volume
- 12
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- [14 p.]
- ISSN
- 1367-2630
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 42066776
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DENSITY; FERMIONS; MAJORANA THEORY; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; SCALING; TOPOLOGY
- Descriptors DEC
- MATHEMATICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES