Even-odd effect and Majorana states in full-shell nanowires
Fernando Peñaranda, Ramón Aguado, Pablo San-Jose, Elsa Prada
Abstract
The authors derive a criterion for the appearance of Majorana zero modes in full shell nanowires, that depends on the even-odd occupation of the radial subbands with zero angular momentum. The method appears to show these modes in roughly half of the system's parameter space under an odd number of flux quanta
Topics & Concepts
MAJORANAPhysicsZero (linguistics)Parameter spaceQuantum mechanicsSpace (punctuation)Condensed matter physicsShell (structure)NanowireFlux (metallurgy)Quantum electrodynamicsMode (computer interface)Zero-point energyTopological Materials and PhenomenaAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesChemical and Physical Properties of Materials