Checkerboardlike pattern found in the local density of states for quasiparticle excitations provides evidence for Majorana bound states inside vortex cores in a topological superconductor.

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Evolution of Density of States and a Spin-Resolved Checkerboard-Type Pattern Associated with the Majorana Bound State
Takuto Kawakami and Xiao Hu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 177001 (2015)

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