All Majorana Models with Translation Symmetry are Supersymmetric

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作者
Hsieh, Timothy H. [1 ]
Halasz, Gabor B. [1 ]
Grover, Tarun [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Kavli Inst Theoret Phys, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[2] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Phys, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE; QUANTUM COMPUTATION; FERMIONS; STATES; SUPERCONDUCTORS; DIMENSIONS; CRYSTALS; ANYONS; PARITY; SPACE;
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.166802
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We establish results similar to Kramers and Lieb-Schultz-Mattis theorems but involving only translation symmetry and for Majorana modes. In particular, we show that all states are at least doubly degenerate in any one-and two-dimensional array of Majorana modes with translation symmetry, periodic boundary conditions, and an odd number of modes per unit cell. Moreover, we show that all such systems have an underlying N = 2 supersymmetry and explicitly construct the generator of the supersymmetry. Furthermore, we establish that there cannot be a unique gapped ground state in such one-dimensional systems with antiperiodic boundary conditions. These general results are fundamentally a consequence of the fact that translations for Majorana modes are represented projectively, which in turn stems from the anomalous nature of a single Majorana mode. An experimental signature of the degeneracy arising from supersymmetry is a zero-bias peak in tunneling conductance.
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