Entanglement and Disordered-Enhanced Topological Phase in the Kitaev Chain †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Model and Method
3. Entanglement Entropy
4. Phase Diagram from Entanglement
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Levy, L.; Goldstein, M. Entanglement and Disordered-Enhanced Topological Phase in the Kitaev Chain. Universe 2019, 5, 33. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe5010033
Levy L, Goldstein M. Entanglement and Disordered-Enhanced Topological Phase in the Kitaev Chain. Universe. 2019; 5(1):33. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe5010033
Chicago/Turabian StyleLevy, Liron, and Moshe Goldstein. 2019. "Entanglement and Disordered-Enhanced Topological Phase in the Kitaev Chain" Universe 5, no. 1: 33. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe5010033