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ABSTRACT Title of dissertation: MAJ
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MAJORANA QUBITS IN NON-ABELIAN TOPO
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Acknowledgments First and foremost,
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Table of Contents List of Figures L
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List of Figures 1.1 Braiding of Maj
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Chapter 1 Introduction The subject
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closed throughout the path. If one
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its original configuration, we requ
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mathematics. It is easy to check th
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Here τ x is the Pauli matrix actin
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y constructing the ground state pro
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here and leaves its proof to Append
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the zero mode (see Chapter 3 for de
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In the case of Ising anyons, 2N vor
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find a realistic material in nature
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states near the Fermi circle. We fi
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pairing: ( ) p H = ψ † 2 2m −
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dimensional non-chiral Majorana mod
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is formed out of two fermions, does
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gapless and should not be neglected
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zero modes. We study a one-dimensio
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of possible paired states which is
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where d ≡ (d 1 , d 2 , d 3 ) = (R
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If the order parameter is proportio
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0.015 T/t 0.01 Normal p x + ip y 0.
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trivial p x - and p y -states lead
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with the gap operator being ˆ∆ =
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0.2 T/t 0.1 Normal f p x + ip y µ
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2.3 Discussion and Conclusions In c
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Chapter 3 Majorana Bound States in
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satisfied for m = 0. The singlevalu
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We summarize this section by provid
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Here γ a and Γ a are 4 × 4 Dirac
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with λ = µξ/v. It has the follow
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where n = (R∆, −I∆) field des
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Chapter 4 Topological Degeneracy Sp
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ound states are usually splitted an
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sponding quasiparticle operator can
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Of particular importance is the sig
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[61]. Although analytical expressio
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eyond perturbation theory and the r
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eaks down in this regime and one sh
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4.3 Conclusions In this chapter, we
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the fermion bath, and consequently
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tion for the reduced density matrix
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like phonons. However, such process
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We also notice that in this formula
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etween two topological p x + ip y s
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neglect the AC phase. The Hamiltoni
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which in principle lead to a strong
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We conclude that the geometric phas
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The first-order term vanishes due t
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apply to any realistic system where
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ound states are typically close to
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Chapter 6 Non-adiabaticity in the B
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Page 155 and 156: Appendix A Derivation of the Pfaffi
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Page 161: Bibliography [1] K. von Klitzing, G
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