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Proposed Spontaneous Generation of Magnetic Fields by Curved Layers of a Chiral Superconductor

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2018-05-25

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Kvorning, T.
Hansson, T. H.
Quelle, A.ISNI 0000000419570644
Morais Smith, C.ISNI 0000000394433837

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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.217002

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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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Kvorning, T, Hansson, T H, Quelle, A & Smith, C M 2018, 'Proposed Spontaneous Generation of Magnetic Fields by Curved Layers of a Chiral Superconductor', Physical Review Letters, vol. 120, no. 21, 217002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.217002

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http://hdl.handle.net/1874/376695