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Dániel Varjas1,2, Alexander Lau2, Kim Pöyhönen1,2, Anton R Akhmerov2, Dmitry I Pikulin3, Ion Cosma Fulga4.
Abstract
We construct a two-dimensional higher-order topological phase protected by a quasicrystalline eightfold rotation symmetry. Our tight-binding model describes a superconductor on the Ammann-Beenker tiling hosting localized Majorana zero modes at the corners of an octagonal sample. In order to analyze this model, we introduce Hamiltonians generated by a local rule, and use this concept to identify the bulk topological properties. We find a Z_{2} bulk topological invariant protecting the corner modes. Our work establishes that there exist topological phases protected by symmetries impossible in a crystal.Entities:
Year: 2019 PMID: 31765221 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.196401
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161