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Interpretation of thermal conductance of the ν = 5/2 edge

Abstract:

Recent experiments [Banerjee et al, arXiv:1710.00492] have measured thermal conductance of the ν = 5/2 edge in a GaAs electron gas and found it to be quantized as K ≈ 5/2 (in appropriate dimensionless units). This result is unexpected, as prior numerical work predicts that the ν = 5/2 state should be the Anti-Pfaffian phase of matter, which should have quantized K = 3/2. The purpose of this paper is to propose a possible solution to this conflict: if the Majorana edge mode of the Anti-Pfaffia...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed
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Accepted Manuscript

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10.1103/PhysRevB.97.121406

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS Division
Department:
Physics; Theoretical Physics
Oxford college:
Somerville College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
American Physical Society Publisher's website
Journal:
Physical Review B Journal website
Volume:
97
Issue:
12
Pages:
Article: 121406(R)
Publication date:
2018-03-29
Acceptance date:
2018-03-16
DOI:
EISSN:
2469-9969
ISSN:
2469-9950
Pubs id:
pubs:830032
URN:
uri:d1c88020-fae7-455a-9c06-6e56705a3b6d
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uuid:d1c88020-fae7-455a-9c06-6e56705a3b6d
Local pid:
pubs:830032
Paper number:
12