# Coulomb stability of the 4π-periodic Josephson effect of Majorana fermions

@article{Heck2011CoulombSO,
title={Coulomb stability of the 4$\pi$-periodic Josephson effect of Majorana fermions},
author={Bernard van Heck and Fabian Hassler and A. Akhmerov and C. W. J. Beenakker},
journal={Physical Review B},
year={2011},
volume={84},
pages={180502}
}
• Published 4 August 2011
• Physics
• Physical Review B
The Josephson energy of two superconducting islands containing Majorana fermions is a 4\pi-periodic function of the superconducting phase difference. If the islands have a small capacitance, their ground state energy is governed by the competition of Josephson and charging energies. We calculate this ground state energy in a ring geometry, as a function of the flux -\Phi- enclosed by the ring, and show that the dependence on the Aharonov-Bohm phase 2e\Phi/\hbar remains 4\pi-periodic regardless…
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