'Christopher Reeg, Olesia Dmytruk, Denis Chevallier, Daniel Loss, and Jelena Klinovaja'
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title: 'Zero-energy Andreev bound states from quantum dots in proximitized Rashba nanowires'
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Introduction
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Majorana bound states (MBSs) are zero-energy quasiparticles that emerge at the boundaries of one-dimensional (1D) topological superconductors [@Kitaev:2001; @Alicea:2012; @Beenakker:2013], with their non-Abelian statistics and topological protection making these states highly sought for potential applications in topological quantum computing [@Kitaev:2001]. The theoretical proposal to engineer a topological superconductor hosting MBSs in hybrid semiconductor-superconductor structures [@Oreg:2010; @Lutchyn:2010] has subsequently received extensive experimental attention. Following several experiments that observed zero-bias peaks in the differential conductance of such a hybrid system [@Mourik:2012; @Deng:2012; @Das:2012; @Churchill:2013; @Finck:2013], much emphasis was placed on improving the quality of the semiconductor-superconductor interface [@Lutchyn:2018]. This led to the development of epitaxial interfaces between thin shells of aluminum (Al) and both hexagonal nanowires (either InAs [@Chang:2015] or InSb [@Gazibegovic:2017]) and two-dimensional electron gases (InAs) [@Kjaergaard:2016; @Shabani:2016], providing a very strong proximity effect into the semiconductor. Experiments in both 1D [@Deng:2016; @Zhang:2018; @Vaitiekenas:2018; @Deng:2018; @deMoor:2018] and 2D [@Suominen:2017; @Nichele:2017] setups consisting of a proximitized nanowire coupled to a lead via a normal region that is left uncovered by the superconductor (which 