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arxiv: 1004.0750 · v3 · pith:XU7VOWTZnew · submitted 2010-04-06 · ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con · cond-mat.str-el

Quantum impurity spin in Majorana edge fermions

classification ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con cond-mat.str-el
keywords spinedgeimpuritymajoranamagneticmodesspin-tripletsystem
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We show that Majorana edge modes of two-dimensional spin-triplet topological superconductors have Ising-like spin density whose direction is determined by the d-vector characterizing the spin-triplet pairing symmetry. Exchange coupling between an impurity spin (S=1/2) and Majorana edge modes is thus Ising-type. Under external magnetic field perpendicular to the Ising axis, the system can be mapped to a two-level system with Ohmic dissipation, which is equivalent to the anisotropic Kondo model. The magnetic response of the impurity spin can serve as a local experimental probe for the order parameter.

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