Faculty of Science

Journal Club: Majorana Zero Modes - Theory and Realizations
Provider: Faculty of Science

Activity no.: 5900-21-11-31	Activity has taken place

Place	Niels Bohr Institute
Date and time	September 2021 - November 2023
Regular seats	20
ECTS credits	7.50

Contact person	Mia Strauss Brandt E-mail address: mia.brandt@nbi.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	Karsten Flensberg E-mail address: flensberg@nbi.ku.dk
Written language	English
Teaching language	English
Study board	Study Board of Physics, Chemistry and Nanoscience
Semester/Block	Block 1
Scheme group	B
Scheme group note	Flexible meeting times but aim for schedule placement B.
Exam requirements	Please contact course responsible for more information
Exam form	Continuous assessment, 9 weeks
Grading scale	Passed / Not passed

Aim and content This Majorana journal club aims to bring advanced masters and PhD students up to date with the foundational literature of Majorana physics and to the forefront of research. The perspective is taken from a theorist’s point of view, but experimental results also play a substantial role. The course is therefore relevant for interested theorists and experimentalists alike. An example week could be: Students prepare by reading 2-3 articles monday. They meet tuesday afternoon to a relaxed discussion and take turns to present the articles and their questions to it. After the discussion, each student picks one of the articles to go in-depth with. During the week they try to rederive the results from their chosen article. Friday morning they meet again to present and compare their calculations. At this meeting, any unresolved questions from the week can be answered by the course responsible, Prof. Karsten Flensberg. The exam in the course is as follows: Continuous assessment (participation) and a final report + peer review. The final report should include references to both theory and experiments, and the student's own suggestion to further research. An example final report could be: A brief introduction. The student's rederivation of one of the in-depth theory papers. Explaining its connection to an experimental paper and the results therein. A suggestion to further research of how theory can help experiments. After the students have handed in their final reports, they each peer review 1-2 of the other final reports. The peer reviews assist the course responsible to give the final overall assessment. Formel requirements For local PhD or advanced MSc students. Prerequisite: Knowledge of superconductors e.g. from Condensed Matter Theory 2 Learning outcome Skills: Rederive fundamental results of Majorana physics. Read, explain and expand upon research articles in the field. Write articles and peer review. Knowledge: Deep understand of the field of Majorana physics. Knowledge of foundational and recent theory and experiments. Competences: The students can approach research into Majorana zero modes with a thorough understanding of the field. They are also able to formulate their results clearly and succinctly and to evaluate other work in the field. Lecturers Karsten Flensberg Workload Discussion: 6 hours a week × 9 weeks = 54 hours Preparation: 12 hours a week × 9 weeks = 108 hours Report writing: 40 hours Peer review: 4 hours Total: 206 hours

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