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arxiv: 1010.0728 · v3 · pith:36HDV6SZnew · submitted 2010-10-04 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall · cond-mat.supr-con· hep-th

Spectrum of the Dirac Hamiltonian with the mass-hedgehog in arbitrary dimension

classification ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.supr-conhep-th
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It is shown that the square of the Dirac Hamiltonian with the isotropic mass-hedgehog potential in d dimensions is the number operator of fictitious bosons and fermions over d quantum states. This result allows one to obtain the complete spectrum and degeneracies of the Dirac Hamiltonian with the hedgehog mass configuration in any dimension. The result pertains to low-energy states in the core of a general superconducting or insulating vortex in graphene in two dimensions, and in the superconducting vortex at the topological - trivial insulator interface in three dimensions, for example. The spectrum in d=2 is also understood in terms of the underlying accidental SU(2) symmetry and the supersymmetry of the Hamiltonian.

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