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时间反演对称Kitaev模型与二维拓扑超导体

Time-reversal symmetric Kitaev model and topological superconductor in two dimensions

Ryota Nakai, Shinsei Ryu, Akira Furusaki

摘要:

引入了一个时反不变的Kitaev型模型,在该模型中,正方形晶格上的自旋(狄拉克矩阵)通过各向异性的最近邻和次最近邻交换相互作用相互作用。通过将该模型映射到一个耦合静态Z_2规范场的自由Majorana费米子紧束缚模型上,精确求解了该模型。马约拉纳费米子模型可以被看作是时间反演不变超导体的模型,并被归类为Altland-Zirnbauer分类中对称类DIII的成员。基态相图有两个拓扑上不同的间隙相,它们由Z_2拓扑不变量区分。拓扑非平凡相在边界处支持Kramers对无隙的Majorana边缘模,并且在π通量背景中支持Kramers对束缚于0通量涡旋的零能量Majorana态。考虑无间隙的Majorana边缘模,得到了自旋沿边缘的幂律衰减关联函数。该模型也被定义在一维阶梯上,在这种情况下,基态相图也有Z_2平凡和非平凡的阶段。

英文摘要:

A time-reversal invariant Kitaev-type model is introduced in which spins (Dirac matrices) on the square lattice interact via anisotropic nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor exchange interactions. The model is exactly solved by mapping it onto a tight-binding model of free Majorana fermions coupled with static Z_2 gauge fields. The Majorana fermion model can be viewed as a model of time-reversal invariant superconductor and is classified as a member of symmetry class DIII in the Altland-Zirnbauer classification. The ground-state phase diagram has two topologically distinct gapped phases which are distinguished by a Z_2 topological invariant. The topologically nontrivial phase supports both a Kramers' pair of gapless Majorana edge modes at the boundary and a Kramers' pair of zero-energy Majorana states bound to a 0-flux vortex in the π-flux background. Power-law decaying correlation functions of spins along the edge are obtained by taking the gapless Majorana edge modes into account. The model is also defined on the one-dimension ladder, in which case again the ground-state phase diagram has Z_2 trivial and non-trivial phases.

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