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Topological Insulator in the Core of the Superconducting Vortex in Graphene

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 104, Issue 6, Pages -

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AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.066404

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  1. NSERC of Canada

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The core of the vortex in a general superconducting order parameter in graphene is argued to be ordered, with the possible local order parameters forming the algebra U(1) x Cl(3). A sufficiently strong Zeeman coupling of the magnetic field of the vortex to the electron spin breaks the degeneracy in the core in favor of the anomalous quantum Hall state. I consider a variety of superconducting condensates on the honeycomb lattice and demonstrate the surprising universality of this result. A way to experimentally determine the outcome of the possible competition between different types of orders in the core is proposed.

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