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arxiv: 1707.05777 · v2 · pith:F5QSAJ4Cnew · submitted 2017-07-18 · ❄️ cond-mat.str-el · cond-mat.quant-gas· hep-th· quant-ph

Edge insulating topological phases in a two-dimensional long-range superconductor

classification ❄️ cond-mat.str-el cond-mat.quant-gashep-thquant-ph
keywords long-rangeedgephasespairingphaseabsenceadvancesalgebraically
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We study the zero-temperature phase diagram of a two dimensional square lattice loaded by spinless fermions, with nearest neighbor hopping and algebraically decaying pairing. We find that for sufficiently long-range pairing, new phases, not continuously connected with any short-range phase, occur, signaled by the violation of the area law for the Von Neumann entropy, by semi-integer Chern numbers, and by edge modes with nonzero mass. The latter feature results in the absence of single-fermion edge conductivity, present instead in the short- range limit. The definition of a topology in the bulk and the presence of a bulk-boundary correspondence is still suggested for the long-range phases. Recent experimental proposals and advances open the stimulating possibility to probe the described long-range effects in next-future realistic set-ups.

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