Non-Abelian Anyon Superconductivity

Waheb Bishara and Chetan Nayak
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 066401 – Published 7 August 2007

Abstract

Non-Abelian anyons exist in certain spin models and may exist in quantum Hall systems at certain filling fractions. In this work, we studied the ground state of dynamical SU(2) level-κ Chern-Simons non-Abelian anyons at finite density and no external magnetic field. We find that, in the large-κ limit, the topological interaction induces a pairing instability and the ground state is a superconductor with d+id gap symmetry. We also develop a picture of pairing for the special value κ=2 and argue that the ground state is a superfluid of pairs for all values of κ.

  • Received 15 March 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.066401

©2007 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Waheb Bishara1 and Chetan Nayak2,3

  • 1Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, MC 256-80, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
  • 2Microsoft Station Q, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
  • 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1547, USA

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Vol. 99, Iss. 6 — 10 August 2007

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