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T Kvorning1, T H Hansson1,2, A Quelle3
1Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract:
We demonstrate that two-dimensional chiral superconductors on curved surfaces spontaneously develop magnetic flux. This geometric Meissner effect provides an unequivocal signature of chiral superconductivity, which could be observed in layered materials under stress. We also employ the effect to explain some puzzling questions related to the location of zero-energy Majorana modes.
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