Cross-correlated responses of topological superconductors and superfluids

We study nontrivial responses of topological superconductors and superfluids to the temperature gradient and rotation of the system. In two-dimensional gapped systems, the Strěda formula for the electric Hall conductivity is generalized to the thermal Hall conductivity. Applying this formula to the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2012-01, Vol.108 (2), p.026802-026802, Article 026802
Hauptverfasser: Nomura, Kentaro, Ryu, Shinsei, Furusaki, Akira, Nagaosa, Naoto
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We study nontrivial responses of topological superconductors and superfluids to the temperature gradient and rotation of the system. In two-dimensional gapped systems, the Strěda formula for the electric Hall conductivity is generalized to the thermal Hall conductivity. Applying this formula to the Majorana surface states of three-dimensional topological superconductors predicts cross-correlated responses between the orbital angular momentum and thermal polarization (entropy polarization). These results can be naturally related to the gravitoelectromagnetism description of three-dimensional topological superconductors and superfluids, analogous to the topological magnetoelectric effect in Z(2) topological insulators.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.026802