Supersymmetry from Strongly Interacting Majoranas

ORAL

Abstract

We show that a strongly interacting chain of Majorana zero modes exhibits a supersymmetric quantum critical point corresponding to the tricritical Ising model, separating the Ising critical phase from a doubly degenerate gapped phase. The supersymmetry extends into a gapped phase. We identify the signatures of our predictions in tunneling experiments.

*NSERC, Max Planck-UBC Centre for Quantum Materials

Authors

  • Armin Rahmani

    • UBC
  • Xiaoyu Zhu

    • UBC
  • Marcel Franz

    • UBC
  • Ian Affleck

    • UBC