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Bogoliubov-Nambu Hamiltonian<br />

background<br />

Bogoliubov angle measures the relative weight between particle<br />

And hole component in Bogoliubov deGennes quasiparticle<br />

† † †<br />

( )<br />

ks ks<br />

(<br />

k ks −k −s<br />

)<br />

H = ε k c c + ∆ c c + h c<br />

γ<br />

= uc + vc<br />

*<br />

∗<br />

k↑ k k↑ k −k↓<br />

2<br />

| ( )| 1/2 (<br />

uk = 1 −ε<br />

( k)/ Ek ( ))<br />

2<br />

| ( )| 1/2 (<br />

vk = 1 + ε ( k)/ Ek ( ))<br />

True excitations in SC state γ<br />

k<br />

That are quantum mechanical †<br />

γ<br />

Mixture <strong>of</strong> particle <strong>and</strong> hole<br />

k<br />

Ψ =<br />

0<br />

Ψ<br />

0;<br />

= Ψ<br />

0 1<br />

Important! Dual<br />

nature <strong>of</strong> qp inSC<br />

† †<br />

γ ↑<br />

Ψ<br />

0<br />

= Ψ1 ∝c ( k)|<br />

k ↑<br />

Ψ1<br />

↓<br />

<strong>and</strong> at the same time ∝c ( −k) | Ψ<br />

1

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