Topological degeneracy of non-Abelian states for dummies

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dc.creatorOshikawa, Masaki
dc.creatorKim, Yong Baek
dc.creatorShtengel, Kirill
dc.creatorNayak, Chetan
dc.creatorTewari, Sumanta
dc.date2006-07-28
dc.date2006-09-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:00:06Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:00:06Z
dc.descriptionWe present a physical construction of degenerate groundstates of the Moore-Read Pfaffian states, which exhibits non-Abelian statistics, on general Riemann surface with genus g. The construction is given by a generalization of the recent argument [M.O. and T. Senthil, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 060601 (2006)] which relates fraction- alization and topological order. The nontrivial groundstate degeneracy obtained by Read and Green [Phys. Rev. B 61, 10267 (2000)] based on differential geometry is reproduced exactly. Some restrictions on the statistics, due to the fractional charge of the quasiparticle are also discussed. Furthermore, the groundstate degeneracy of the p+ip superconductor in two dimensions, which is closely related to the Pfaffian states, is discussed with a similar construction.
dc.description28 pages, 6 figures (version 2: reference on cold atoms added + minor corrections)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607743
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607743
dc.identifierAnnals of Physics 322, 1477-1498 (2007).
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.aop.2006.08.001
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/128597
dc.subjectMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectStrongly Correlated Electrons
dc.titleTopological degeneracy of non-Abelian states for dummies
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