The 1D Ising model and the topological phase of the Kitaev chain

Journal Article · Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Annals of Physics (New York)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AOP.2014.08.013· OSTI ID:22403513

Greiter, Martin; Schnells, Vera; Thomale, Ronny

It has been noted that the Kitaev chain, a p-wave superconductor with nearest-neighbor pairing amplitude equal to the hopping term Δ=t, and chemical potential μ=0, can be mapped into a nearest neighbor Ising model via a Jordan–Wigner transformation. Starting from the explicit eigenstates of the open Kitaev chain in terms of the original fermion operators, we elaborate that despite this formal equivalence the models are physically inequivalent, and show how the topological phase in the Kitaev chain maps into conventional order in the Ising model.

• OSTI ID: 22403513
• Journal Information: Annals of Physics (New York), Vol. 351; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-4916
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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P WAVES
POTENTIALS
SUPERCONDUCTORS
TOPOLOGY
WIGNER THEORY