Tunneling in the topological mechanism of superconductivity

被引:4
作者
Abanov, AG
Wiegmann, PB
机构
[1] Univ Chicago, James Franck Inst, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
[2] Univ Chicago, Enrico Fermi Inst, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
[3] LD Landau Theoret Phys Inst, Moscow, Russia
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1998年 / 57卷 / 14期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.57.8532
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We compute the order parameter and Josephson tunneling amplitude in a two-dimensional model of topological superconductivity which captures the physics of the doped Mott insulator. The hydrodynamics of topological electronic liquid consists of the compressible charge sector and the incompressible chiral topological spin liquid. We show that ground states differing by an odd number of particles are orthogonal and insertion of two extra electrons is followed by the emission of soft modes of the transversal spin current. The orthogonality catastrophe makes the physics of superconductivity drastically different from the BCS theory but similar to the physics of one-dimensional electronic liquids. The wave function of a pair is dressed by soft modes. As a result the two-particle matrix element forms a complex d-wave representation (i.e., changes sign under 90 degrees rotation), although the gap in the electronic spectrum has no nodes. In contrast to the BCS theory the tunneling amplitude has an asymmetric broad peak (much bigger than the gap) around the Fermi surface. We develop an operator algebra, that allows one to compute other correlation functions.
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页码:8532 / 8548
页数:17
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