TY - JOUR
T1 - Majorana edge modes of superfluid 3He A- and B-phases
AU - Tsutsumi, Y.
AU - Mizushima, T.
AU - Ichioka, M.
AU - Machida, K.
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Acknowledgements Y.T. acknowledges the support of the Research Fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists.
PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - Motivated by a recent experiment on the superfluid 3He confined in a thin slab, we discuss the Majorana edge modes under the experimental situation. We solve the quasi-classical Eilenberger equation, which is quantitatively reliable, to evaluate several observables, such as local density of states, mass current for the A-phase, and spin current for the B-phase. On the basis of the quantitative calculation, we propose several experiments to check the existence of the Majorana modes.
AB - Motivated by a recent experiment on the superfluid 3He confined in a thin slab, we discuss the Majorana edge modes under the experimental situation. We solve the quasi-classical Eilenberger equation, which is quantitatively reliable, to evaluate several observables, such as local density of states, mass current for the A-phase, and spin current for the B-phase. On the basis of the quantitative calculation, we propose several experiments to check the existence of the Majorana modes.
KW - Majorana modes
KW - Quasi-classical theory
KW - Superfluid He
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U2 - 10.1007/s10909-010-0313-1
DO - 10.1007/s10909-010-0313-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79551685900
SN - 0022-2291
VL - 162
SP - 196
EP - 203
JO - Journal of Low Temperature Physics
JF - Journal of Low Temperature Physics
IS - 3-4
ER -