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arXiv:1711.04772 · Science Advances

Numerical observation of emergent spacetime supersymmetry at quantum criticality

Zi-Xiang Li, Abolhassan Vaezi, Christian B. Mendl, Hong Yao

Published Nov 2, 2018• 50 citations
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Abstract

spacetime SUSY in 2 + 1 dimensions emerges at the superconducting QCP by showing that the fermions and bosons have identical anomalous dimensions 1/3, a hallmark of the emergent SUSY. We further show some experimental signatures that may be measured to test such emergent SUSY in candidate systems.
DOI
10.1126/sciadv.aau1463

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