Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Superconductivity in CuxBi2Se3 and its implication for pairing in the undoped topological insulator
Authors: Y.S. Hor, A.J. Williams, J.G. Checkelsky, P. Roushan, J. Seo, Q. Hu, H.W. Zandbergen, A. Yazdani, N.P. Ong and R.J. Cava,
arXiv:0909.2890, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 057001 (2010).

2. Observation of unconventional band topology in a superconducting doped topological insulator, CuxBi2Se3: Topological or non-Abelian superconductors?
Authors: L. Wray, S. Xu, J. Xiang, Y. Xia, D. Qian, H. Lin, A. Bansil, Y. Hor, R. Cava and M.Z. Hasan,
arXiv: 0912.3341.

3. Odd-parity topological superconductors: Theory and application to CuxBi2Se3
Authors: Liang Fu and Erez Berg,
arXiv: 0912.3294.

Recoomended and a Commentary by Patrick A. Lee, MIT. | View Commentary (pdf) |

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Authors: Erez Lieberman-Aiden, Nynke L. van Berkum, Louise Williams, Maxim Imakaev, Tobias Ragoczy, Agnes Telling, Ido Amit, Bryan R. Lajoie, Peter J. Sabo, Michael O. Dorschner, Richard Sandstrom, Bradley Bernstein, M. A. Bender, Mark Groudine, Andreas Gnirke, John Stamatoyannopoulos, Leonid A. Mirny, Eric S. Lander and Job Dekker

Science 326:289-293, 2009.

Recommended with a commentary by Yitzhak Rabin, Bar-Ilan University. | View Commentary (pdf) |

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