• 文献标题:   Supersymmetric Runge-Lenz-Pauli vector for Dirac vortex in topological insulators and graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LU CK, HERBUT IF
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AMATHEMATICAL THEORETICAL
  • ISSN:   1751-8113
  • 通讯作者地址:   Simon Fraser Univ
  • 被引频次:   13
  • DOI:   10.1088/1751-8113/44/29/295003
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

The Dirac mass-vortex at the surface of a topological insulator or in graphene is considered. Within the linear approximation for the vortex amplitude's radial dependence, the spectrum is a series of degenerate bound states, which can be classified by a set of accidental SU(2) and supersymmetry generators (Herbut and Lu 2011 Phys. Rev. B 83 125412). Here we discuss further the properties and manifestations of the supersymmetry of the vortex Hamiltonian, and point out some interesting analogies with the Runge-Lenz-Pauli vector in the non-relativistic hydrogen atom. Symmetry-breaking effects due to a finite chemical potential and the Zeeman field are also analyzed. We find that a residual accidental degeneracy remains only in the special case of equal magnitudes of both terms; otherwise it is removed entirely.