Majorana bound states in Ge/SiGe heterostructures

Project description

Searching for elusive Majorana fermions on silicon-germanium heterostructures

In 1928, physicist Paul Dirac predicted that every fundamental particle in the Universe has an identical twin but with opposite charge. A fundamental question arises: what happens if a particle is its own antiparticle? Ettore Majorana predicted their existence and evidence has been put forward for the existence of such a state of matter in the form of quasiparticle excitations in hybrid semiconductor-superconductor devices. Recent experiments have found signatures of Majorana fermions in hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowire devices. Research activities have so far concentrated on planar InAs and InSb nanowires. Funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, the MaGnum project will look for Majorana bound states in Ge/SiGe heterostructures. These heterostructures should facilitate the detection of the elusive Majorana bound states.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › physical sciences › theoretical physics › particle physics
• natural sciences › mathematics › pure mathematics › geometry

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2018 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2018
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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Coordinator

INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA

Address

Am Campus 1
3400 Klosterneuburg
Austria

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU contribution

€ 174 167,04