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Setting Limits on Supersymmetry Using Simplified Models
Published on: November 15, 2013
All Majorana Models with Translation Symmetry are Supersymmetric
Timothy H Hsieh1, Gábor B Halász1, Tarun Grover1,2
1Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.
Abstract:
We establish results similar to Kramers and Lieb-Schultz-Mattis theorems but involving only translation symmetry and for Majorana modes. In particular, we show that all states are at least doubly degenerate in any one- and two-dimensional array of Majorana modes with translation symmetry, periodic boundary conditions, and an odd number of modes per unit cell. Moreover, we show that all such systems have an underlying N=2 supersymmetry and explicitly construct the generator of the supersymmetry. Furthermore, we establish that there cannot be a unique gapped ground state in such one-dimensional systems with antiperiodic boundary conditions. These general results are fundamentally a consequence of the fact that translations for Majorana modes are represented projectively, which in turn stems from the anomalous nature of a single Majorana mode. An experimental signature of the degeneracy arising from supersymmetry is a zero-bias peak in tunneling conductance.
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