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arxiv: 1405.3115 · v2 · pith:5PNVOGO4new · submitted 2014-05-13 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall

Time-delay matrix, midgap spectral peak, and thermopower of an Andreev billiard

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We derive the statistics of the time-delay matrix (energy derivative of the scattering matrix) in an ensemble of superconducting quantum dots with chaotic scattering (Andreev billiards), coupled ballistically to $M$ conducting modes (electron-hole modes in a normal metal or Majorana edge modes in a superconductor). As a first application we calculate the density of states $\rho_0$ at the Fermi level. The ensemble average $\langle\rho_0\rangle=\delta_0^{-1}M[\max(0,M+2\alpha/\beta)]^{-1}$ deviates from the bulk value $1/\delta_0$ by an amount depending on the Altland-Zirnbauer symmetry indices $\alpha,\beta$. The divergent average for $M=1,2$ in symmetry class D ($\alpha=-1$, $\beta=1$) originates from the mid-gap spectral peak of a closed quantum dot, but now no longer depends on the presence or absence of a Majorana zero-mode. As a second application we calculate the probability distribution of the thermopower, contrasting the difference for paired and unpaired Majorana edge modes.

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