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Rauf Giwa

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arXiv2023

Superconductor Vortex Spectrum Including Fermi Arc States in Time-Reversal Symmetric Weyl Semimetals

Using semiclassics to surmount the hurdle of bulk-surface inseparability, we derive the superconductor vortex spectrum in non-magnetic Weyl semimetals and show that it stems from the Berry phase of orbits made of Fermi arcs on opposite surfaces and bulk chiral modes. Tilting the vortex transmutes it between bosonic, fermionic and supersymmetric, produces periodic peaks in the density of states that signify novel nonlocal Majorana modes, and yields a thickness-independent spectrum at ``magic angles''. We propose (Nb,Ta)P as candidate materials and tunneling spectroscopy as the ideal experiment.

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arXiv2022

Fermi arc criterion for surface Majorana modes in superconducting time-reversal symmetric Weyl semimetals

Many clever routes to Majorana fermions have been discovered by exploiting the interplay between superconductivity and band topology in metals and insulators. However, realizations in semimetals remain less explored. We ask, ``under what conditions do superconductor vortices in time-reversal symmetric Weyl semimetals -- three-dimensional semimetals with only time-reversal symmetry -- trap Majorana fermions on the surface?'' If each constant-$k_{z}$ plane, where $z$ is the vortex axis, contains equal numbers of Weyl nodes of each chirality, we predict a generically gapped vortex and derive a topological invariant $ν=\pm1$ in terms of the Fermi arc structure that signals the presence or absence of surface Majorana fermions. In contrast, if certain constant-$k_{z}$ planes contain a net chirality of Weyl nodes, the vortex is gapless. We analytically calculate $ν$ within a perturbative scheme and provide numerical support with a lattice model. The criteria survive the presence of other bulk and surface bands and yield phase transitions between trivial, gapless and topological vortices upon tilting the vortex. We propose Li(Fe$_{0.91}$Co$_{0.09}$)As and Fe$_{1+y}$Se$_{0.45}$Te$_{0.55}$ with broken inversion symmetry as candidates for realizing our proposals.

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arXiv2016

On approximating the free harmonic oscillator by a particle in a box

The main purpose of this paper is to demonstrate and illustrate, once again, the potency of the variational technique as an approximation procedure for the quantization of quantum mechanical systems. By choosing particle-in-a-box wavefunctions as trial wavefunctions, with the size of the box as the variation parameter, approximate eigenenergies and the corresponding eigenfunctions are obtained for the one dimensional free harmonic oscillator.

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