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Disorder-robust trivial Majorana-like states from smooth confinement in chiral superconducting nanowires

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Pith's one-line read Disorder robustness of a near-zero mode is set by the real-space overlap of its two chiral components, not by the bulk topological invariant.

desk verdict A correct first-order chiral-overlap bound, over-sold as an exact disorder-robustness guarantee, with numerics that only test disorder on one half of the wire. read the letter →

arxiv 2608.09758 v1 pith:FNUA6OD7 submitted 2026-08-10 cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.supr-con

Eslam Ahmed , Jorge Cayao , Yukio Tanaka This is my paper · ORCID
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keywords MajoranaboundstatesAndreevchiralsymmetrydisorderrobustnessoverlapsmoothconfinementRashbananowiretopologicallytrivialzeromodes
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The reading

This paper argues that a near-zero-energy state in a chiral-symmetric superconductor can survive symmetry-preserving local disorder even when the system is topologically trivial. The mechanism is a wavefunction property: the state decomposes into two components of opposite chirality, and any chiral-symmetric perturbation can split the state only by coupling those components, with the splitting bounded by their spatial overlap $\Omega$. In a finite Rashba nanowire with smoothly varying chemical potential and pairing, smooth confinement separates the two chiral components below the bulk topological transition, producing trivial Majorana-like Andreev bound states that stay exponentially close to zero energy under strong scalar disorder. The result means that zero-energy pinning under disorder is not by itself evidence of a topological phase, and it proposes the chiral overlap as a concrete diagnostic for classifying robust low-energy states.

What carries the argument

The central object is the chiral overlap $\Omega=\sum_x\sqrt{\rho_+(x)\rho_-(x)}$, formed from the two normalized chiral densities of a low-energy eigenstate obtained by projecting the state onto the $\pm1$ eigenspaces of the chiral operator $\Gamma$. The load-bearing identity is the bound $|\delta E^{(1)}|\le V_{\max}\Omega$: chiral symmetry forces any local symmetry-preserving perturbation to be off-diagonal in the chiral basis, so its effect on the energy is exactly the inter-chirality matrix element, whose magnitude is controlled by the real-space overlap of the two chiral components. The machinery also includes the smooth step profiles for the chemical potential and pairing (tanh profiles with widths $W_\mu$, $W_\Delta$) that realize partial chiral separation, and the crossover field $B_{c1}$ defined by the onset of small $\Omega$, which is distinct from the bulk topological transition field $B_{c2}$.

What would settle it

A decisive numerical check is to compute the exact disorder-averaged splitting of the near-zero pair as a function of disorder strength $V_0$ for a smooth-profile wire above $B_{c1}$ while holding $\Omega$ fixed: if the splitting grows linearly with $V_0$ although $\Omega$ is exponentially small, the bound is not controlling the robustness, and if it stays exponentially small up to $V_0\approx 50\mu_R$, the mechanism is confirmed. A complementary experiment is to replace scalar disorder with chiral-symmetry-breaking magnetic disorder of the same strength, which should immediately lift the trivial near-zero pinning if the protection is chiral in origin.

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Core claim

For a Bogoliubov–de Gennes Hamiltonian with a unitary chiral symmetry $\Gamma$ ($\Gamma^2=1$, $\{H,\Gamma\}=0$), the paper decomposes any nonzero-energy eigenstate into normalized chiral components $\phi_+$, $\phi_-$ and shows that a local perturbation $V$ preserving chiral symmetry has no diagonal matrix elements in the chiral basis. The first-order energy shift of the state is $\delta E^{(1)}=\mathrm{Re}\langle\phi_+|V|\phi_-\rangle$, which is bounded by $V_{\max}\Omega$, where $\Omega=\sum_x\sqrt{\rho_+(x)\rho_-(x)}$ is the spatial overlap of the two chiral densities. The central statement is that a state with small $\Omega$ is insensitive to any local chiral-symmetric perturbation even without a global topological invariant. In a finite Rashba nanowire with smooth chemical-potential and pairing profiles, the lowest state develops exponentially small $\Omega$ above a crossover field $B_{c1}$ but below the bulk topological transition $B_{c2}$; numerical simulations with scalar disorder of strength $V_0=50\mu_R$ show these trivial Majorana-like states remain pinned near zero energy, whereas sharp-interface Andreev bound states are lifted. The paper concludes that disorder robustness is controlled primarily by the wavefunction's chiral overlap rather than by the bulk topology.

Load-bearing premise

The paper's load-bearing premise is that a bound on the energy shift computed by treating disorder as a small perturbation continues to control the exact splitting of the near-zero pair at the extremely strong disorder used in the simulations, which are run with disorder on the left half of the wire only and averaged over just ten realizations.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Robust zero-bias conductance peaks appearing below the estimated bulk topological transition should not be read as evidence of a global topological phase; they can come from chiral-separated trivial Andreev bound states.
  • The chiral overlap $\Omega$ provides a direct diagnostic: computing it for the low-energy state tells whether the state will survive chiral-symmetric local disorder, independent of the bulk topological invariant.
  • The crossover field $B_{c1}$, where $\Omega$ becomes small, marks the onset of disorder robustness and does not coincide with the bulk gap-closing field $B_{c2}$.
  • Chiral-symmetry-preserving disorder can reshape and move the low-energy chiral components without splitting the near-zero pair; the same bound applies to any local perturbation that anticommutes with $\Gamma$, including certain magnetic impurity configurations.
  • In sharp-interface or single-profile-smooth wires, $\Omega$ stays large in the trivial regime, and the same strong disorder lifts the near-zero modes, consistent with the known fragility of sharp-interface Andreev bound states.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Beyond the paper's own claims, the chiral-overlap criterion should apply to other chiral-symmetric platforms, such as nodal superconductors, topological insulator edges, or engineered cold-atom wires, wherever disorder robustness of zero modes is debated.
  • A testable extension is to extract $\Omega$ experimentally from spin-resolved local density-of-states measurements or from the response of a zero-bias peak to a local gate that shifts the chemical potential, without having to vary the disorder itself.
  • The paper demonstrates the bound numerically for disorder on the left half of the wire with ten realizations; an open extension is to check whether the suppression of splitting persists for full-wire disorder, larger disorder strengths, or higher-order perturbation theory, where renormalization of $\Omega$ may become important.
  • The $B_{c1}$ versus $B_{c2}$ distinction suggests a third category beyond simply 'topological' or 'trivial' robust zero modes: locally Majorana-like but globally trivial states may be generic in inhomogeneous devices, which could matter for interpreting future braiding or fusion-rule experiments.
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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper studies the stability of near-zero-energy states in chiral-symmetric Bogoliubov–de Gennes nanowires against chiral-preserving local disorder. It introduces a chiral overlap Ω defined from the two opposite-chirality components of a low-energy wavefunction and proves a first-order bound |δE^(1)| ≤ V_max Ω (Eq. 22) for the energy shift induced by a local perturbation that anticommutes with the chiral operator. The paper then applies this criterion to a finite Rashba nanowire with smoothly varying chemical potential and pairing profiles, showing numerically that a topologically trivial Andreev bound state with small Ω remains near zero energy under strong scalar disorder applied to the left half of the wire. The central conclusion is that disorder robustness in this system is controlled by the real-space overlap of the chiral components rather than by the bulk topological invariant.

Significance. The proposed chiral-overlap diagnostic is conceptually appealing and potentially useful for interpreting zero-bias conductance peaks in Majorana nanowire experiments: it provides a simple, parameter-free measure that can be computed from the clean wavefunction and that quantitatively predicts first-order sensitivity to chiral-preserving disorder. The derivation of Eq. (22) is correct and transparent, using only Cauchy–Schwarz and locality. The numerical observation of a disorder-robust trivial regime in the doubly smooth inhomogeneous wire is interesting and, if confirmed, would strengthen the case that zero-energy pinning alone is not a topological fingerprint. However, the paper's central claim is stated more strongly than what is proven: the bound is first-order, while the numerical demonstration uses V0 = 50 μ_R, far beyond the perturbative regime, and only for disorder on the left half. This limits the current support for the advertised 'disorder-robust trivial Majorana-like states' conclusion.

major comments (3)
  1. [§II, Eq. (22)] The bound |δE^(1)| ≤ V_max Ω is derived for the first-order shift of a single clean eigenstate under a perturbation V. The abstract and Sec. II nonetheless state without qualification that 'disorder-induced splitting is bounded by their spatial overlap' and that a state with small chiral overlap 'is insensitive to any local perturbation that preserves the chiral symmetry.' For the strong disorder used in Sec. V (V0 = 50 μ_R, corresponding to 25 meV for the chosen μ_R = 0.5 meV, i.e., 25 times the hopping t = 1 meV), V is far from a small perturbation, and the exact eigenvalue of H0 + V can receive contributions from all other states that are not controlled by the clean-state Ω. A non-perturbative version of the bound would require controlling the exact eigenstate's overlap, which is not provided. Please either (i) prove such a bound under explicit assumptions, or (ii) carefully qualify the central claim to 'first-order' or 'weakly perturbative' and adjust the abstract, Sec. II, and the concluding remarks accordingly.
  2. [§III–V, Eq. (29), Figs. 4 and 6] The numerical evidence for the robustness of the trivial near-zero mode is obtained with disorder applied only to the left half of the wire. In the doubly smooth case (Figs. 4(j–l) and 8(d)), the left chiral component is initially localized at the left end, so left-half disorder effectively cuts off that component but does not perturb the Gaussian right component at the NS interface. This asymmetric placement does not probe the scenario in which disorder on the right half or across the entire wire couples the two chiral components in other spatial regions. Because the paper's broad conclusion—'disorder-robust trivial Majorana-like states'—rests on this simulation, the authors should provide additional numerical results with right-half or full-wire disorder, or a theoretical argument explaining why left-half disorder is sufficient to establish the general claim.
  3. [§V, Fig. 6] The overlap Ω shown in Fig. 6 under strong disorder is computed from the eigenstates of the disordered Hamiltonian, not from the clean wavefunctions used in the bound Eq. (22). The observation that the disordered Ω remains small in the robust regime is evidence that the system's own chiral components stay separated, but it does not prove that the disorder-induced splitting is bounded by the clean Ω. The logical status of Fig. 6 should be clarified: it is a diagnostic of the disordered eigenstate, not a verification of Eq. (22).
minor comments (5)
  1. [Figs. 3 and 4 captions] The figure captions for Figs. 3 and 4 use inconsistent panel labels relative to the text. For example, the text refers to 'Fig. 3(a,b,c)' for the case W_μ = L/2, W_Δ = 0, but the caption labels the spectra as (a), (c), (e) and the wavefunctions as (b), (d), (f). Please unify the labeling (e.g., (a), (b,c) for the first case, (d), (e,f) for the second, and (g), (h,i) for the third) or revise the text.
  2. [§II, Eq. (13)] The equality δE^(1) = ⟨ψ_E|V|ψ_E⟩ is the standard non-degenerate first-order result. If the near-zero pair is exactly degenerate at E = 0, the first-order splitting should be obtained from degenerate perturbation theory; the manuscript should justify that the non-degenerate formula remains the relevant one for the near-zero pair considered.
  3. [§III] Consider stating explicitly that V0 = 50 μ_R corresponds to 25 meV for the parameters used, which is 25 times the hopping t = 1 meV, to make the non-perturbative nature of the numerical test transparent.
  4. [§V] The statement 'We have confirmed that increasing disorder realizations does not affect our results' would be more convincing with a plot of the disorder-averaged splitting including statistical error bars, especially because only 10 realizations are used.
  5. [Throughout] There are minor typographical issues: 'we use W μ =L/2, W Δ = 0' has inappropriate spaces; 'To end this section, we note that Symmetry-based arguments' has an unnecessary capital 'S'; and the sentence structure around Eq. (25) could be smoothed.

Circularity Check

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No circularity: the chiral-overlap bound is derived from definitions and the numerical claims are tested against independent disorder realizations.

full rationale

The paper's central result, Eq. (22), is a mathematical bound derived directly from the definitions of the chiral projectors P±, the normalized chiral components φ±, the local perturbation V, and the overlap Ω; no input is renamed as an output. The quantity Ω is computed from the clean eigenstates and then compared with disorder-induced splittings obtained from independent numerical realizations with no fitted parameter, so the correlation is not forced by construction. The crossover field Bc1 is defined from the clean wavefunction's chiral separation, and its coincidence with the onset of disorder robustness is an observed, testable finding rather than a definitional equivalence. Self-citations (e.g., Refs. [20, 72, 74]) describe previously studied sharp-NS behavior that the present paper also reproduces numerically in Fig. 4(a-c), so they are supportive background rather than load-bearing evidence. The main caveat, that Eq. (22) is a first-order bound and the V0 = 50 μR simulations use left-half disorder, concerns extrapolation and numerical scope, not circularity; it belongs in correctness risk.

Assumptions & free parameters 2 free parameters · 5 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central bound is a theorem with no fitted parameters. The numerical demonstration uses hand-chosen smooth profiles and a hand-chosen disorder strength. No new physical particles, forces, or dimensions are introduced; the chiral overlap Omega is a derived diagnostic quantity.

free parameters (2)
  • Interface smoothness widths W_mu, W_Delta = W_mu = W_Delta = 0.5 L
    Chosen to realize smooth confinement; the chiral separation and the broad disorder-robust trivial window occur for these wide profiles, so the numerical demonstration depends on them.
  • Disorder strength V0 = V0 = 50 mu_R
    Hand-picked as an extreme disorder value; the claim of robustness under strong disorder is demonstrated at this value and not across a systematic sweep of V0.
assumptions (5)
  • standard math Cauchy-Schwarz and triangle inequalities bound the local matrix element by the chiral overlap.
    Used in Sec. II, Eqs. (18)-(20), to obtain |<phi+|V|phi->| <= V_max Omega.
  • domain assumption The clean BdG Hamiltonian has chiral symmetry Gamma = sigma_x tau_y, placing the model in class BDI.
    Sec. III, Eq. (24); needed so low-energy eigenstates have equal norms in the two chiral sectors and H is off-diagonal in the chiral basis.
  • domain assumption Scalar disorder V_j tau_z preserves chiral symmetry.
    Sec. III, Eq. (30), with {tau_z, Gamma} = 0; required for Eq. (22) to apply to the disorder used in Sec. V.
  • ad hoc to paper The first-order bound controls the exact splitting of the near-zero pair under strong disorder.
    Sec. II derives only |delta E^(1)| <= V_max Omega; Sec. V asserts robustness at V0 = 50 mu_R without a non-perturbative proof. This is the weakest structural premise.
  • domain assumption The smooth tanh profiles with W about L/2 are representative of realistic confinement.
    Sec. III, Eqs. (25)-(27); the broad disorder-robust trivial regime is found in this intermediate regime, and the paper does not derive these widths from microscopic device parameters.

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Near-zero-energy states in Majorana nanowires can arise from topologically trivial mechanisms such as smooth spatial inhomogeneity and disorder, making zero-energy pinning alone insufficient evidence of bulk topology. Here we identify a real-space mechanism governing their robustness to symmetry-preserving disorder. For a chiral-symmetric Bogoliubov-de Gennes Hamiltonian, we decompose a low-energy state into two normalized components of opposite chirality and show that disorder-induced splitting is bounded by their spatial overlap. We demonstrate this result in a finite Rashba nanowire with smooth chemical potential and pairing profiles. Below the bulk topological transition, smooth confinement produces partially separated chiral components with exponentially small overlap, yielding globally trivial Majorana-like Andreev bound states that remain near zero energy even under strong scalar, nonmagnetic disorder. The chiral overlap therefore provides a direct diagnostic of the protection of low-energy states against local perturbations, independent of the bulk topological invariant.

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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Impurity-averaged Low-energy spectrum for inhomogeneous nanowire in the presence of strong on-site disorder on the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_4.png]
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