Published November 13, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Superconductive pairing of fermions and semions in two dimensions

  • 1. Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (USA)
  • 2. Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 (USA)

Description

We have observed, in exact numerical solutions of small systems, the microscopic precursors of superconductive pairing of fermions and semions (half-statistics quasiparticles) in two dimensions. We recognize the paired state by flux quantization at intervals of hc/2e. We find that the fermions pair only for values of an interparticle potential u which is large and negative, while the semions pair for a wide range of u, including strong repulsion. We also find that the semions, in the paired state, prefer quantized flux in odd multiples of hc/4e

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
63
Journal Issue
20
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
2295-2298
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA