Proximity-Induced Giant Majorana Spin Response in a UTe 2-Metal Film Heterostructure

arXiv:2610.36053 · cond-mat.supr-con · Submitted 2026-10-26 · Read on arXiv

cond-mat.supr-con

Submitted: 2026-10-26

Updated: 2026-10-26

Comments: 5 pages, 4 figures

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The gist: We establish an experimentally accessible route to identifying Majorana surface states through their intrinsic Ising spin response, using UTe 2 as a concrete platform.

Abstract

We establish an experimentally accessible route to identifying Majorana surface states through their intrinsic Ising spin response, using UTe 2 as a concrete platform. The key is to extend the Majorana correlations into an adjacent metallic film via the superconducting proximity effect, thereby making the otherwise surface-localized response accessible to NMR measurements. Remarkably, disorder further sharpens the Majorana signature: impurity scattering suppresses the conventional p-wave proximity correlations while preserving the Majorana contribution, yielding a giant Ising-anisotropic enhancement of the NMR relaxation rate. This approach also offers a powerful means to distinguish among candidate pairing symmetries.

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