Fractional and Majorana Fermions: The Physics of Zero Energy Modes
arXiv:1104.4486 · doi:10.1088/0031-8949/2012/T146/014005
Abstract
We describe the occurrence and physical role of zero-energy modes in the Dirac equation with a topologically non-trivial background.
11 pages, 12 figures, talks given at the Nobel Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2010 and Semat Lecture, CCNY, New York, NY, April 2011; uses float.sty
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