Self-stabilizing temperature driven crossover between topological and non-topological ordered phases in one-dimensional conductors
Date
28/12/2015Metadata
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Abstract
We present a self-consistent analysis of the topological superconductivity arising from the interaction between self-ordered localized magnetic moments and electrons in one-dimensional conductors in contact with a superconductor. We show that due to a gain in entropy there exists a magnetically ordered yet non-topological phase at finite temperatures that is relevant for systems of magnetic adatom chains on a superconductor. Spin-orbit interaction is taken into account, and we show that it causes a modification of the magnetic order yet without affecting the topological properties.
Citation
Braunecker , B & Simon , P 2015 , ' Self-stabilizing temperature driven crossover between topological and non-topological ordered phases in one-dimensional conductors ' , Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics , vol. 92 , 241410 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.241410
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Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1098-0121Type
Journal article
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©2015 American Physical Society. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.241410
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