the neighboring vortex cores which becomes extremely important when the individual vortices merge into the giant (multiquantum) vortex[@Mesovortices] with a winding number larger than unity $M>1$; (ii) normal scattering of quasiparticles at the sample boundary.

The multiquantum vortex provides a simple illustration of the above statement regarding the difference in the positions of the LDOS peaks and phase singularity points. Indeed, the subgap spectrum of such vortex contains $M$ anomalous spectral branches (per spin projection)[@VolovikBranches]. Each anomalous branch intersects the Fermi level and contributes to the low-energy DOS. At low energies the spectrum has the following form[@VolovikBranches; @multi-spectrum-num; @Melnikov-Vinokur-2002; @Janko]: $$\label{Volovik-spectr}
  \varepsilon_j(\mu)\sim-\frac{\Delta_0}{k_F\xi}(\mu-\mu_{j})\,,$$ where the index $j$ enumerates different spectral branches ($1<j<M$), $-k_F\xi\lesssim\mu_{j}\lesssim k_F\xi$. The LDOS profile corresponding to the spectrum (\[Volovik-spectr\]) consists of a set of axially symmetric ring structures[@Melnikov-Vinokur-2002; @Janko]. Note that for an even winding number the anomalous branch crossing the Fermi level at $\mu=0$ (i.e. at zero impact parameter) is absent and, as a result, the LDOS peak at the vortex center disappears. The splitting of a multiquantum vortex into the individual vortices should lead to the transformation of LDOS rings into a set of peaks positioned in the cores of individual vortices. The initial stage of 