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arXiv 1206.1407cond-mat.supr-conhep-th
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拓扑超导体的轴子拓扑场论

Axion topological field theory of topological superconductors

Xiao-Liang Qi, Edward Witten, Shou-Cheng Zhang

摘要:

拓扑超导体是指准粒子在带隙超导体的边界上传播的无带隙的、拓扑稳定的准粒子。本文给出了三维时反不变拓扑超导体的拓扑场论描述。在我们的理论中,拓扑超导体的特征是电磁场与超导相位涨落之间的拓扑耦合,它与“轴子”与阿贝尔规范场的耦合具有相同的形式。作为我们的理论的物理后果,我们预测的特殊的“手征”涡线,这可以通过考虑s波超导体的拓扑超导体附近的交叉引起的能级交叉。我们的理论也可以推广到与引力场的耦合。

英文摘要:

Topological superconductors are gapped superconductors with gapless and topologically robust quasiparticles propagating on the boundary. In this paper, we present a topological field theory description of three-dimensional time-reversal invariant topological superconductors. In our theory the topological superconductor is characterized by a topological coupling between the electromagnetic field and the superconducting phase fluctuation, which has the same form as the coupling of "axions" with an Abelian gauge field. As a physical consequence of our theory, we predict the level crossing induced by the crossing of special "chiral" vortex lines, which can be realized by considering s-wave superconductors in proximity with the topological superconductor. Our theory can also be generalized to the coupling with a gravitational field.

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