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Random-matrix theory of Majorana fermions and topological superconductors by Beenakker, C. W. J.

“…Random-matrix theory has a long history of applications, from nuclear physics to electron localization to quantum dots. This review discusses yet another…”
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Magnetic Breakdown and Klein Tunneling in a Type-II Weyl Semimetal by O'Brien, T E, Diez, M, Beenakker, C W J

“…The band structure of a type-II Weyl semimetal has pairs of electron and hole pockets that coexist over a range of energies and touch at a topologically…”
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Electrically detected interferometry of Majorana fermions in a topological insulator by Akhmerov, A R, Nilsson, Johan, Beenakker, C W J

“…Majorana fermions are zero-energy quasiparticles that may exist in superconducting vortices and interfaces, but their detection is problematic since they have…”
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Deterministic Creation and Braiding of Chiral Edge Vortices by Beenakker, C W J, Baireuther, P, Herasymenko, Y, Adagideli, I, Wang, Lin, Akhmerov, A R

“…Majorana zero modes in a superconductor are midgap states localized in the core of a vortex or bound to the end of a nanowire. They are anyons with non-Abelian…”
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Valley filter and valley valve in graphene by Beenakker, C. W. J, Tworzyd o, J, Rycerz, A

“…The potential of graphene for carbon electronics rests on the possibilities offered by its unusual band structure to create devices that have no analogue in…”
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Splitting of a Cooper pair by a pair of Majorana bound states by Nilsson, Johan, Akhmerov, A R, Beenakker, C W J

“…We propose a method to probe the nonlocality of a pair of Majorana bound states by crossed Andreev reflection, which is the injection of an electron into one…”
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Annihilation of colliding Bogoliubov quasiparticles reveals their Majorana nature by Beenakker, C W J

“…The single-particle excitations of a superconductor are coherent superpositions of electrons and holes near the Fermi level, called Bogoliubov quasiparticles…”
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Superconductivity Provides Access to the Chiral Magnetic Effect of an Unpaired Weyl Cone by O'Brien, T E, Beenakker, C W J, Adagideli, I

“…The massless fermions of a Weyl semimetal come in two species of opposite chirality, in two cones of the band structure. As a consequence, the current j…”
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Topologically Protected Landau Level in the Vortex Lattice of a Weyl Superconductor by Pacholski, M J, Beenakker, C W J, Adagideli, I

“…The question whether the mixed phase of a gapless superconductor can support a Landau level is a celebrated problem in the context of d-wave superconductivity,…”
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Quantum point contact as a probe of a topological superconductor by Wimmer, M, Akhmerov, A R, Dahlhaus, J P, Beenakker, C W J

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A zero-voltage conductance peak from weak antilocalization in a Majorana nanowire by Pikulin, D I, Dahlhaus, J P, Wimmer, M, Schomerus, H, Beenakker, C W J

“…We show that weak antilocalization by disorder competes with resonant Andreev reflection from a Majorana zero mode to produce a zero-voltage conductance peak…”
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Coulomb-assisted braiding of Majorana fermions in a Josephson junction array by van Heck, B, Akhmerov, A R, Hassler, F, Burrello, M, Beenakker, C W J

“…We show how to exchange (braid) Majorana fermions in a network of superconducting nanowires by control over Coulomb interactions rather than tunneling. Even…”
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Valley-momentum locking in a graphene superlattice with Y-shaped Kekulé bond texture by Gamayun, O V, Ostroukh, V P, Gnezdilov, N V, Adagideli, Beenakker, C W J

“…Recent experiments by Gutiérrez et al (2016 Nat. Phys. 12 950) on a graphene-copper superlattice have revealed an unusual Kekulé bond texture in the honeycomb…”
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Neural network decoder for topological color codes with circuit level noise by Baireuther, P, Caio, M D, Criger, B, Beenakker, C W J, O'Brien, T E

“…A quantum computer needs the assistance of a classical algorithm to detect and identify errors that affect encoded quantum information. At this interface of…”
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Quantized conductance at the Majorana phase transition in a disordered superconducting wire by Akhmerov, A R, Dahlhaus, J P, Hassler, F, Wimmer, M, Beenakker, C W J

“…Superconducting wires without time-reversal and spin-rotation symmetries can be driven into a topological phase that supports Majorana bound states. Direct…”
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Theory of the topological anderson insulator by Groth, C W, Wimmer, M, Akhmerov, A R, Tworzydło, J, Beenakker, C W J

“…We present an effective medium theory that explains the disorder-induced transition into a phase of quantized conductance, discovered in computer simulations…”
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Scattering theory of the chiral magnetic effect in a Weyl semimetal: interplay of bulk Weyl cones and surface Fermi arcs by Baireuther, P, Hutasoit, J A, Tworzyd o, J, Beenakker, C W J

“…We formulate a linear response theory of the chiral magnetic effect in a finite Weyl semimetal, expressing the electrical current density j induced by a slowly…”
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CT and MR imaging of orbital inflammation by Ferreira, Teresa A., Saraiva, P., Genders, S. W., Buchem, M. V., Luyten, G. P. M., Beenakker, J-W

“…Purpose Orbital inflammation can be idiopathic or in the context of a specific disease and it can involve different anatomical orbital structures. On imaging,…”
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Machine-learning-assisted correction of correlated qubit errors in a topological code by Baireuther, Paul, O'Brien, Thomas E., Tarasinski, Brian, Beenakker, Carlo W. J.

“…A fault-tolerant quantum computation requires an efficient means to detect and correct errors that accumulate in encoded quantum information. In the context of…”
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The top-transmon: a hybrid superconducting qubit for parity-protected quantum computation by Hassler, F, Akhmerov, A R, Beenakker, C W J

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