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Majorana Fermions in Topological Insulators

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A Majorana fermion is a particle that is its own antiparticle. This type of particle can appear as an end state in a one-dimensional topological superconductor or as a bound state induced by a half quantized vortex in a two-dimensional topological superconductor.

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    Shun-Qing Shen

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Shen, SQ. (2017). Majorana Fermions in Topological Insulators. In: Topological Insulators. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 187. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4606-3_10

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