Mutual transition of Andreev and Majorana bound states in a superconducting gapстатья
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Аннотация:Using the Bogoliubov–de Gennes Hamiltonian, we analytically study two models with superconductingorder, the p-wave model with an impurity potential and the s-wave nanowire model with superconductivityinduced by the proximity effect with an impurity potential in a Zeeman field with a spin–orbit interaction.Using the Dyson equation, we study conditions for the emergence of Andreev bound states with energiesclose to the boundary of the superconducting gap and the possibility for these states to pass into Majorana-like bound states. We prove that in the topological phase (in the p-wave case also in the trivial phase)for both models, the Andreev bound states with energy close to the boundary of the superconducting gapcan exist, but although their emergence in the p-wave model is due to the appearance of a (nonmagnetic)impurity, they appear in the s-wave model only as a result of a local perturbation of the Zeeman field. Forboth models, the transition of the Andreev bound states into the Majorana states (and back) is impossiblein the topological phase, which is explained by the topological protection of the Majorana-like bound statesin the topological phase.