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An Effective String Theory Toolbox for Quantum Hall Interfaces II: Majorana Fermions on Fluctuating Moore-Read Worldsheets

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2026-08-06 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

A Moore--Read interface carries a chiral Majorana mode on a boundary whose geometry may itself fluctuate. Fixed-edge theory does not determine how this neutral mode should be transported when the interface bends and moves, or how its dynamics couples to the fluctuating shape. Here we construct a spatially reparametrization-invariant Majorana theory on the nonrelativistic worldsheet of a freely moving interface. The changing line element fixes a universal half-density transport law, while additional curvature- and velocity-dependent couplings remain controlled by microscopic interface physics. The resulting framework identifies the Majorana stress tensor as the mediator between neutral and geometric dynamics and provides the neutral sector needed for effective theories of dynamical non-Abelian quantum Hall interfaces.

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@article{arxiv.2608.06098,
  title  = {An Effective String Theory Toolbox for Quantum Hall Interfaces II: Majorana Fermions on Fluctuating Moore-Read Worldsheets},
  author = {Ken K. W. Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.06098},
  year   = {2026}
}

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