Density of states at disorder-induced phase transitions in a multichannel Majorana wire

被引:17
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作者
Rieder, Maria-Theresa [1 ]
Brouwer, Piet W.
机构
[1] Free Univ Berlin, Dahlem Ctr Complex Quantum Syst, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2014年 / 90卷 / 20期
关键词
CONJUGATED DIATOMIC POLYMER; DIAGONAL DISORDER; QUANTUM WIRES; SPIN CHAINS; TRANSPORT; BEHAVIOR;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.90.205404
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
An N-channel spinless p-wave superconducting wire is known to go through a series of N topological phase transitions upon increasing the disorder strength. Here, we show that at each of those transitions the density of states shows a Dyson singularity nu(epsilon) proportional to epsilon(-1)vertical bar ln epsilon vertical bar(-3), whereas nu(epsilon) proportional to epsilon(vertical bar alpha vertical bar-1) has a power-law singularity for small energies e away from the critical points. Using the concept of "superuniversality" [Gruzberg et al., Phys. Rev. B 71, 245124 (2005)], we are able to relate the exponent a to the wire's transport properties at zero energy and, hence, to the mean free path l and the superconducting coherence length xi.
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