Seminar by Francesco Buccheri

Francesco Buccheri

Henrich-Heine University

Title: Heat transport in a Y-junction with Majorana states

Abstract:

I will consider charge and heat transport in a junction of three interaction quantum wires. The Wiedemann-Franz law holds for a wide class of fixed points of this system, but it can be violated for specific boundary conditions: this happens, in particular, when the wires are connected to an island hosting localized Majorana modes and can be characterized by a universal number. Joint measurement of heat and charge currents may therefore provide a way of detecting Majorana states in this class of systems.

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