{
  "id": "2008.10626",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2020-08-24T18:02:23.000Z",
  "updated": "2020-08-24T18:02:23.000Z",
  "title": "Majorana Zero Modes in Magnetic Texture Vortices",
  "authors": [
    "Daniel Steffensen",
    "Brian M. Andersen",
    "Panagiotis Kotetes"
  ],
  "comment": "12 pages in total: 8 pages main text with 3 panels of figures and 4 pages supplemental material with 2 panels of figures",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.str-el",
    "cond-mat.supr-con"
  ],
  "abstract": "We propose an alternative route to engineer Majorana zero modes (MZMs), which relies on inducing shift or spin vortex defects in magnetic textures which microscopically coexist or are in proximity to a superconductor. The present idea applies to a variety of superconducting materials and hybrid structures, irrespectively of their spin-singlet, -triplet, or mixed type of pairing, as long as their bulk energy spectrum contains robust point nodes. Our mechanism provides a new framework to understand the recent observations of pairs of MZMs in superconductor - magnetic adatom systems. Moreover, it can inspire the experimental development of new platforms, consisting of nanowires in proximity to conventional superconductors with strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2020-08-24T18:02:23.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "majorana zero modes",
      "magnetic texture vortices",
      "energy spectrum contains robust point",
      "bulk energy spectrum contains robust",
      "spectrum contains robust point nodes"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 12,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}