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(April 10, 2019) - - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published the following information:
Washington – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin issued the following statement at the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank:
I welcome the opportunity to discuss the state of the United States and global economy at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings. While growth in the United States remains robust, growth abroad has softened materially, with risks of a further slowdown if countries do not take action to reduce uncertainty and bolster confidence. Countries should also undertake stronger efforts to address underlying structural impediments and help raise medium-term growth. A well-functioning IMF can play a key role in supporting these efforts, promoting policies aimed at more balanced and durable global growth, and strengthening economic capacity and governance.
Strong underlying fundamentals helped power the U.S. economy to its best growth performance in over a decade in 2018, with real GDP expanding by 3 percent over the four quarters of last year. One year after the passage of tax reform, business investment has surged and productivity growth has begun to pick up. American families are enjoying key benefits afforded by lower tax rates. Labor markets have continued to strengthen, with the participation rates for all workers and prime-age employees rising, suggesting that tax reform has drawn workers back into the labor force in numbers that are more than offsetting downward pressure from demographics. The number of job openings exceeds the number of unemployed persons, and wage growth has accelerated to its fastest pace in 10 years.
Beyond the United States, global growth has slowed since we last met, and determined action is needed to return the global economy to strong, broad-based expansion. Disappointing economic data across most regions of the global economy raise questions about the extent and depth of current weaknesses. While this may prove to be a temporary soft patch, a more widespread downturn creates risks of a prolonged stagnation. Countries with weak economic activity or muted growth need to proactively deploy macroeconomic policies and pursue productivity-enhancing reforms in order to bolster both near-term and medium-term growth.
To that end, the United States continues in its efforts to address restrictive trade practices around the world that are impeding stronger and more balanced U.S. and global growth. To achieve a balanced and fair trading system, we must address the significant imbalances in global trade that stem in part from unfair trade policies and high trade barriers.
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is an example of progress and cooperation across borders that will move us in the right direction as we look to rebalance North American trade. Working with Mexican and Canadian counterparts, we negotiated the strongest financial services provisions of any U.S. trade agreement and secured new commitments on currency issues, boosting transparency and accountability. This trade agreement is key to ensuring positive outcomes for businesses and workers across North America.
Continuing large global trade and current account imbalances also pose risks to the strength and stability of future global growth. While imbalances narrowed following the global financial crisis, they have been broadly unchanged at close to 2 percent of global GDP since 2013. Persistent imbalances are intensifying these risks across major economies. In order to support stronger and more sustainable global growth – particularly at a juncture where global activity is flagging – countries reliant upon large and persistent external surpluses to drive domestic growth should reorient their macroeconomic policies to boost domestic demand.
The current state of affairs reinforces the importance of IMF reforms to maintain its relevance and effectiveness. This will not be the first time the international community has looked closely at the IMF. Over the years, the IMF has undergone a series of transformations, responding to fundamental changes in the world economy and international monetary system, and it should continue to evolve to respond to the challenges ahead.
Of most immediate concern is ensuring the IMF has sufficient financial resources to respond to potential crises. In our view, the IMF currently has ample resources to achieve its mission, and countries also have considerable complementary resources should a crisis emerge. Thus, we do not see a need for a quota increase at this time and support closure of the 15th General Quota Review as soon as possible. At the same time, we recognize that the IMF's borrowed resources, including the New Arrangements to Borrow (NAB) and bilateral borrowing arrangements, are set to expire in the next few years. We look forward to working closely with the IMF and other members to identify options for extending a portion of these borrowed resources so that the IMF can maintain adequate resources to deliver on its mission. We also look forward to agreeing on a reasonable timeframe for the 16th General Quota Review.
Just as members need to assure that the IMF maintains adequate resources, the IMF also needs to assure its members that it is delivering effectively on its core mission. A key aspect of that mission remains the promotion of debt transparency and sustainability, and here the IMF has a leading role to play. Debt owed to emerging creditors is at a critical juncture, with debt levels rising among both low income/emerging and advanced economies. Increasingly, opaque or unsustainable lending practices weaken investor confidence, erode governance and accountability, and create a drag on economic growth. We welcome continued progress on the IMF/World Bank multi-pronged work agenda on debt. While the broad contours of this agenda are now in place, the IMF's effectiveness will rest in the details. The IMF should continue to promote greater transparency of borrowing from all creditors in its programs, laying a benchmark for future programs to build upon. In its bilateral surveillance, the IMF must also proactively identify data gaps and promote disclosure of all current and potential public liabilities by member countries. Upcoming IMF policy reviews to update the debt sustainability analysis of market access countries, reexamine the data requirements for surveillance, and strengthen Special Data Dissemination Standards, will play a key role in reinforcing this objective of debt transparency and sustainability.
Other policy reviews will also provide invaluable opportunities for the IMF to improve its effectiveness. The ongoing review of program conditionality should result in reforms aimed at strengthening program design, with focused program conditions that prioritize broad-based growth and median real income. For example, in the case of Argentina, a focused set of conditions aimed at addressing weaknesses in monetary and fiscal policies helped to stabilize financial markets, putting the economy on track to return to growth. The review of conditionality should also address parsimony and criticality of conditions, and help solidify the need for close coordination with other international financial institutions. The IMF should leverage the upcoming review of its surveillance framework to better deliver on its core mandate, prioritizing such issues as resolving data gaps and transparency, enhancing surveillance of debt sustainability and external sector assessments, and addressing surveillance challenges in low income countries.
Central to any reforms to improve the IMF, and key to the IMF's future as an institution, is the IMF's continued ability to attract exceptional talent. We are pleased to see the Fund tackle the challenge of modernizing salaries and benefits head-on with a comprehensive compensation and benefits review, also known as the CCBR. As we look forward to the results of the CCBR later this year, we expect to see reforms that promote fiscal discipline, facilitate more career progression, streamline under-utilized benefits, and support the needs of today's working families. Just as we need to modernize and increase efficiencies of IMF staff, the IMF Executive Board should also leverage this review to examine ways in which it can streamline its own activities and Board costs, and demonstrate to its staff and the international community that IMF members are leading by example in an era of competing priorities and shrinking budgets.
We look forward to working with other members and the IMF to execute on these reforms in the coming year. Not only are these measures key to maintaining the Fund's effectiveness and relevance, they will also lay the foundation for long-term financial sustainability, position the Fund as a leader among financial institutions, and bolster its credentials as a public institution funded by IMF shareholders.
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This chapter was amended in November 2016 to update to a fresh link to the NRPF website.
What is No Recourse to Public Funds?
1. What is No Recourse to Public Funds?
No Recourse to Public Funds is a specific condition experienced by some families, and by extension their children, who due to their immigration status are not entitled to the full range of benefits enjoyed by other citizens.
This is a complex area of practice which experiences regular changes in law and guidance and it is not unusual for families to be referred to as having no recourse to public funds (NRPF) when in practice this is not actually the case. However, if this is so it does not mean that the many are necessarily without needs which may require support.
Additionally, there is a specific and exhaustive list of what is, and isn't, a 'public fund' for the purposes of this client group. Legal aid, education and some healthcare are for example services that a family with NRPF remain entitled to. An up-to-date list can be found on the NRPF network website.
Therefore it is important to undertake an assessment of a family's situation in order to establish whether they do have NRPF and if so whether they are entitled to Local Authority support. Unfortunately there is not currently any national Government guidance on working with NRPF families.
This list is by no means exhaustive and provides examples of the categories of people who may present, or be referred, to Children's Social Care Services as having NRPF. This means that many of these families are likely to have been living in the UK for some time and are not necessarily newly arrived.
In order to establish whether a family referred to Children's Services because they have NRPF are entitled to a service the case should first be screened by Front Door for Families in the same way as any other case.
However, if available, it is recommended that this process is undertaken by a worker with knowledge and experience in this area. If a family have NRPF then it is often the case that they do not have access to money in order to meet basic living expenses and/or they may not have access to any accommodation and are not entitled to it via the local council Housing department.
He has adequate accommodation or the means of obtaining it, but cannot meet his other essential living needs.
(4) If a person has dependants, subsection (3) is to be read as if the references to him were references to him and his dependants taken together.
As part of the screening process a discussion should take place with the parent(s) to establish their circumstances and seek consent to undertake checks in the usual way. More detailed guidance on assessing risk of destitution during screening is available in the policy for s95 support. See Guidance in Relation to Asylum Seeking Families at Risk of Destitution.
If this process establishes that the child/ren are at risk of destitution then this creates the potential for the child/ren to become a Child in Need and an assessment should be undertaken under S17 of the Children Act 1989. Ideally this assessment should be allocated to a social worker with experience of working with families with NRPF.
Additionally, whilst the referral may have been made duNRPF, Practice Guidance for Local Authorities (England): Assessing and supporting children & families and care leavers with no recourse to public fundse to the risk of destitution, consideration should be given to any other safeguarding concerns which may exist. For example the children may be at risk of destitution due to the breakdown of a relationship due to Domestic Violence and Abuse, may have been trafficked or may have been a victim or Modern Slavery. In such instances consideration should be given to undertaking a Child Protection Investigation under S47 of the Children Act 1989.
In these situations a discussion should take place between the Practice Manager/Team Manager, Front Door for Families and the relevant Pod Manager to decide whether the case is best allocated to a Pod-based social worker or to the designated social worker for families with NRPF. If the case is allocated to a Pod-based social worker then the NRPF social worker will remain available to advise on NRPF matters during the duration of the assessment.
It is important to consider other possible outcomes from the screening process. Firstly, a family may have recourse to public funds but they may be a risk of destitution because they have not, for example, made the necessary claims for benefits or understood how to do this. These families may be supported by a Social Work Resource Officer under an Intervention Record or may be referred to the Early Help Hub.
Secondly, an Asylum-seeking family may be at risk of destitution as they are not receiving support from the Home Office and/or are still being assessed to see if they are entitled to this. See Guidance in Relation to Asylum Seeking Families at Risk of Destitution.
Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking children (UASC) should be referred to the designated UASC social worker for an assessment to be undertaken.
(See also Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children Procedure).
'Accompanied Asylum-seeking children' refers to those children who have entered the UK illegally and have claimed Asylum but do not require foster care as they are staying with family or friends. In these cases a Strengthening Families Assessment should be undertaken.
This assessment should seek to confirm the identity of the child and carer, inspect the home and living conditions and seek to make contact with the parents to ensure there are aware of and consent to where and with whom the child is staying.
Support and services should be provided to ensure that the child has access to legal representation, has begun the process of applying for school, and that attention can be given to any physical health needs or emotional trauma which may have been encountered or not addressed during their journey to the UK.
Consideration should be given to the possibility that the child may have been trafficked into the country and/or is a victim of Modern Slavery. In this context any refusal to give permission to speak with the child or barriers to contacting the parents should be critically examined.
It is possible that a family may be referred to Children's Services who have an immediate need for accommodation and no means of obtaining it. In such circumstances initial information should be gathered and it may be necessary to seek consent from the Team Manager, Front Door for Families, for emergency accommodation to be provided whilst further checks are undertaken.
Due to limited availability, it is likely this accommodation will be outside the local authority area. If the child/ren are attending school, the family should be advised that the additional school transport costs incurred due to moving will be provided for a period of either 6 weeks or until the next school half-term, whichever is longer. The family should be supported in making an application for school places local to their emergency accommodation.
The accommodation should be visited by the allocated worker within 5 working days of the family being housed there; consideration should be given to whether this accommodation is safe and appropriate for meeting the child/ren's needs.
It is important to note that the Immigration Bill 2015, which is currently passing through Parliament, seeks to make substantive changes to this area of law. This guidance will be updated at the earliest opportunity but it is important that social workers are aware of these potential changes.
A person unlawfully present in the UK.
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\section{Introduction}

After the Kitaev's groundbreaking article on realizing Majorana fermions in quantum wires\cite{Kitaev2001}, various condensed matter setups of different dimensionality were suggested as possible platforms hosting them. While 2D proposals appeared earlier\cite{Read2000,Fu2008}, 1D setups that were suggested theoretically to exhibit Majorana bound states\cite{Oreg2010,Lutchyn2010} motivated numerous promising experiments \cite{Lutchyn2018}. A typical 1D configuration showing signatures of Majorana bound states (MBS) is a semiconducting wire with proximity-induced superconducting pairing, spin-orbit coupling and a Zeeman field \cite{Oreg2010,Lutchyn2010}. These three ingredients are mimicking a spinless p-wave superconductor thus providing a condensed matter emulation of the Kitaev model.

In many previous works the orbital effects associated with the magnetic field were not taken into account. This simplification of the problem to the only three aforementioned ingredients is possible in certain situations, namely, if the wire is very thin and if the magnetic field is parallel to the axis of the wire. Nevertheless, these conditions can be easily violated in experimental setups where, first, the Zeeman field contribution can be much smaller than that of the orbital field\cite{Mourik2012}, and second, some misalignment of the applied magnetic fields is unavoidable. The corresponding orbital effects have been reported to be destructive for the Majorana states when cylindrical and hexagonal wires with different superconducting coatings were considered \cite{Nijholt2016}, or in planar nanowires under certain conditions\cite{Lim2012}. However, it was shown that in other situations orbital effects do not necessarily undermine the formation of MBS\cite{Osca2015,Kiczek2017}, and moreover, can favor their appearance by shortening the corresponding coherence length \cite{Dmytruk2018}.

In this work we consider the simple case of a planar quasi-one-dimensional system (a finite-size strip) with proximity-induced s-wave superconducting order and Rashba spin-orbit coupling, subject to a perpendicular magnetic field, for which it was shown that Majorana states may also arise \cite{Sedlmayr2016}. The perpendicular component of the magnetic field will produce orbital effects that may become relevant; some of these effects have been touched upon in Refs.~\onlinecite{Osca2015,Lim2012}. We revisit this setup using the new tool introduced in Refs.~\onlinecite{Sticlet2012,Sedlmayr2015b}, the Majorana polarization, which allows us to draw some new and remarkable conclusions.

Thus we first show that in the presence of orbital effects such a setup may support \textit{multiple} Majorana modes. We present also the spatial structure of the Majorana states and point out drastic differences between different Majorana pairs. While it was demonstrated that due to orbital effects a cylindrical geometry may support multiple Majorana modes\cite{Lim2013}, no situations with multiple modes have been previously identified in a planar wire geometry\cite{Osca2015}. Moreover, we show that the formation of multiple Majorana pairs stems from the orbital-induced spatial variation of the effective superconducting gap that can split the strip into different regions with topological and trivial characters.

Second, we construct the corresponding phase diagrams as a function of the chemical potential and the magnetic field.  We find that the topological phase in the presence of the orbital effects is greatly extended with respect to that obtained in their absence, however the topological gap is strongly reduced by the orbital effects.

The model Hamiltonian for our system is presented in Section II, the corresponding methods are described in Section III, the results and a discussion thereof are presented in Section IV and we conclude in Section V.

\section{Model Hamiltonian}

We start with a simple low-energy model describing an $s$-wave superconductor with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. The corresponding Hamiltonian can be written as:
\begin{equation}
H=\int \frac{d\boldsymbol{p}}{(2\pi\hbar)^2}\;\Psi_{\boldsymbol{p}}^{\dag} \mathcal{H} \Psi_{\boldsymbol{p}}
\end{equation}
where $\Psi^\dag_{\boldsymbol{p}}=(\psi_{\boldsymbol{p}\uparrow}^{\dag},\psi_{\boldsymbol{p}\downarrow}^{\dag},\psi_{-\boldsymbol{p}\downarrow},-\psi_{-\boldsymbol{p}\uparrow})$ is the Nambu basis, and
\begin{equation} \label{initialH}
\mathcal{H}_0=\bigg(\frac{\boldsymbol{p}^2}{2m}-\mu'\bigg)\tau_z-\Delta\tau_x+\alpha (p_y \sigma_x -  p_x \sigma_y) \tau_z,
\end{equation}
where $m$ is the effective mass of quasiparticles, $\mu'$ denotes the chemical potential, $\alpha$ the value of the Rashba spin-orbit coupling and $\Delta$ is the superconducting pairing. Pauli matrices $\boldsymbol{\sigma} \equiv (\sigma_x,\;\sigma_y,\;\sigma_z)$ and $\boldsymbol{\tau} \equiv (\tau_x,\;\tau_y,\;\tau_z)$ act in spin and particle-hole subspaces correspondingly. \\

In order to introduce an out-of-plane magnetic field $\boldsymbol{b} \equiv b \,\hat{n}_{z}$ into the model above we add the Zeeman energy $V_Z\sigma_z $ into the Hamiltonian in Eq.~(\ref{initialH}) and we make the Peierls substitution $\boldsymbol{p} \to \boldsymbol{\Pi} = \boldsymbol{p} + e \bold{A} \tau_z$ to take into account the orbital effects of the field.
For the latter we use the symmetric gauge in the following form: $\bold{A}=\frac{1}{2}(-b y,b x,0)$.  The relation between the Zeeman and the orbital field is given by $V_Z=g \mu_B b/2$ where $g$ is the $g$-factor of the material, and $\mu_B = e \hbar/ 2m_e$ is the Bohr magneton. All physical quantities characterizing this model, including the energy spectrum, should be independent of the choice of gauge. Within the symmetric gauge, Eq.~(\ref{initialH}) becomes:
\begin{multline} \label{Hsymgauge}
\mathcal{H}=\bigg[\frac{(p_x - \frac{eby}{2} \tau_z)^2}{2m}+\frac{(p_y + \frac{ebx}{2} \tau_z)^2}{2m}-\mu'\bigg]\tau_z -\Delta\tau_x \\ +V_Z\sigma_z+\alpha\bigg[ \bigg(p_y + \frac{ebx}{2} \tau_z\bigg) \sigma_x  - \bigg(p_x - \frac{eby}{2}\tau_z\bigg) \sigma_y \bigg]\tau_z
\end{multline}

To diagonalize numerically the Hamiltonian above, we discretize it on a square lattice\cite{Governale1998,Janecek2008}. The problem of gauge invariance on the discrete lattice in the presence of superconductivity is discussed in more detail in Appendix A, as well as in Refs.~[\onlinecite{Governale1998}], [\onlinecite{Janecek2008}] and [\onlinecite{Osca2015}]. We leave the full derivation of the tight-binding form of the Hamiltonian (\ref{Hsymgauge}) in the symmetric gauge to Appendix A. Here we only note that after the Peierls substitution a given wavefunction acquires an additional phase factor: $\psi'=e^{-i \frac{e}{\hbar} \int{\bold{A} \bold{dl}}\; \tau_z} \psi$.  Furthermore, $\Pi_x\psi$ can be rewritten as:
\begin{equation}
\left( -i \hbar \partial_x + e A_x\tau_z \right) \psi = e^{i \frac{e}{2\hbar} b x y \tau_z} \left(-i \hbar \partial_x \right)e^{-i \frac{e}{2\hbar} b x y\tau_z } \psi
\label{gaugephase}
\end{equation}
Note that an analogous expression can be derived for $\Pi_y \psi$. The final form of the tight-binding Hamiltonian obtained using the transformation introduced in Eq.~(\ref{gaugephase}) is given by:
\begin{eqnarray}
\nonumber \mathcal{H}_{\mathrm{TB}} = \sum\limits_{\bold{r}} \Bigg\{ \Psi_{\bold{r}}^\dag \Big[ -\mu \tau_z -\Delta \tau_x + V_Z \sigma_z \Big] \Psi_{\bold{r}} \phantom{aaa}\\
\nonumber +\Psi_{\bold{r}}^\dag \left[ \left( t + i \frac{\hbar \alpha}{2a} \sigma_y\right) \otimes e^{-i \frac{e b a}{2\hbar} y \tau_z}\tau_z \right] \Psi_{\bold{r}+\bold{x}}\\
+ \Psi_{\bold{r}}^\dag \left[ \left( t - i \frac{\hbar \alpha}{2a} \sigma_x\right) \otimes e^{i \frac{e b a}{2\hbar} x \tau_z}\tau_z \right] \Psi_{\bold{r}+\bold{y}} + \mathrm{H.c.} \Bigg\}
	\label{TBHamiltonian}
\end{eqnarray}
Here $\bold{r} \equiv (x,\,y),\; t \equiv -\frac{\hbar^2}{2ma^2}$, where $a$ denotes the lattice constant. The vectors $\bold{x}$ and $\bold{y}$  represent the unit vectors in the corresponding directions. To be consistent with conventions in previous works\cite{Sedlmayr2016,Kaladzhyan2017b}, in the onsite term we have introduced a shift of the chemical potential $\mu'$ by $4t$, $\mu \equiv \mu' - 4t$. Since it is easier to work with dimensionless quantities we introduce $\tilde{\mathcal{H}}_{\mathrm{TB}} =\mathcal{H}_{\mathrm{TB}}/t$:
\begin{eqnarray}
\nonumber \tilde{\mathcal{H}}_{\mathrm{TB}} = \sum\limits_{\bold{r}} \Bigg\{ \Psi_{\bold{r}}^\dag \Big[ -\tilde{\mu}\tau_z -\tilde{\Delta} \tau_x + \tilde{V}_Z \sigma_z \Big] \Psi_{\bold{r}} \phantom{aaa}\\
\nonumber +\Psi_{\bold{r}}^\dag \left[ \left( \mathbb{I}_2 - i \tilde{\alpha} \sigma_y\right) \otimes e^{i \frac{m_e}{g m}\tilde{V}_Z y \tau_z}\tau_z \right] \Psi_{\bold{r}+\bold{x}}\\
+ \Psi_{\bold{r}}^\dag \left[ \left( \mathbb{I}_2 + i \tilde{\alpha} \sigma_x\right) \otimes e^{-i \frac{m_e}{g m}\tilde{V}_Z x \tau_z}\tau_z \right] \negthickspace \Psi_{\bold{r}+\bold{y}} + \mathrm{H.c.} \Bigg\}
	\label{TBHamiltonianUnitsOft}
\end{eqnarray}
where $m_e$ stands for the rest mass of an electron, $\tilde{\alpha} \equiv m a \cdot \alpha / \hbar$ is the dimensionless spin-orbit coupling amplitude, and all energies ($\tilde{\Delta}$, $\tilde{V}_Z$, $\tilde{\mu}$) are now dimensionless and expressed in units of $t$, while $x$ and $y$ are expressed in units of $a$.

\section{Methods}
In this work fully-open systems are considered, hence one cannot diagonalize the Hamiltonian using Fourier transforms. Moreover, in the presence of orbital fields the calculation of bulk topological invariants cannot be done straightforwardly. Therefore, we resort to numerical methods for solving this problem, in particular the use of the MatQ code \cite {MatQ}.

There are several useful methods of visualizing MBS in such systems. First, we calculate the spectrum and look for the zero-energy states. We also study the local density of states (LDOS) defined in real space as:
\begin{equation}
\rho(\bold{r},\epsilon)=\sum_n  \left\langle \psi_n(\bold{r})\left\vert \frac{\tau_0+\tau_z}{2} \right\vert \psi_n(\bold{r})  \right\rangle \delta(\epsilon_n-\epsilon)
\end{equation}
The expression above takes into account the LDOS of electrons and not of holes, since the two are not \textit{simultaneously} accessible in experimental setups.

The most useful information is, however, recovered using the Majorana Polarization \cite{Sticlet2012,Sedlmayr2015a,Sedlmayr2015b,
Sedlmayr2016,Kaladzhyan2017a,Kaladzhyan2017b,
Sedlmayr2017}. While the LDOS is a scalar quantity, the Majorana polarization (MP) is a vector quantity since it measures the particle-hole overlap along with the relative phase between the electron and the hole components of the wavefunction. In order to classify a given state as a Majorana bound state it has to have a perfect overlap of the particle and hole components and thus have a MP equal to one. Same as the LDOS, the Majorana polarization is a property of the eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian, so it cannot be extracted solely from the eigenvalues. The MP can be interpreted as a measure of the Majorana density at each position.

If we introduce the particle-hole operator $\hat{C} = \sigma_y \tau_y \cdot \mathcal{K}$ ($\mathcal{K}$ stands for complex conjugation operator), we have
$ \hat{C} \gamma \equiv \hat{C} (c+c^{\dag})=c^{\dag}+c \equiv \gamma$. Thus, the eigenvalue of $\hat{C}$ for a MBS should be equal to one, and more precisely, for a spatial distribution \cite{Sedlmayr2016}:
\begin{equation}
C=\frac{\sum\limits_{\bold{r}} \left\vert \left\langle\Psi(\bold{r})\left\vert \hat{C}\bold{r} \right\vert \Psi(\bold{r})\right\rangle \right\vert}{\sum\limits_{\bold{r}} \left\vert \langle\Psi(\bold{r})\left\vert \bold{r} \right\vert \Psi(\bold{r}) \rangle \right\vert} = 1
\end{equation}
The summation usually runs along half of the system. Unlike calculating energies or finding the LDOS, the MP gives a necessary and sufficient criterion for determining whether a given state is a MBS or not, thus being a versatile and indispensible tool for studying Majorana physics.

\section{Results}

\subsection{Quasi-one-dimensional strip}
We first consider a quasi-one-dimensional square-lattice strip of dimensions $L_x \times L_y = 201 \times 5$ described by Eq.~(\ref{initialH}). Subject to an out-of-plane Zeeman field, this quasi-1D system can enter a topological phase hosting MBS in the absence of orbital effects \cite{Sedlmayr2016}. We calculate the sum of the MP for the four lowest energy states and over half the wire and in Fig.~\ref{fig1} we plot this quantity as a function of $\tilde{\mu}$ and the applied magnetic fields for two values of the effective $g$-factor, $g^*=g m/m_e$.
\begin{figure}[h!]
	\begin{center}
	\includegraphics[width=0.49\columnwidth]{figt1.eps}
	\includegraphics[width=0.49\columnwidth]{figt1c.eps}
	\end{center}
	\caption{Phase diagram in the presence of orbital effects. We plot the MP as a function of $\tilde{\mu}$ and $\tilde{V}_z$. The black lines indicate the boundary of the phase diagram when the orbital effects are ignored. The g-factor $g^*$ is taken to be 50 for the left panel and 10 for the right panel respectively. We consider $\tilde{\Delta}=0.4$, $\tilde{\alpha}=0.2$.}
	\label{fig1}
\end{figure}
Note that for a large g-factor (i.e., when the Zeeman field dominates over the orbital effects), the phase diagram acquires extended topological regions at small magnetic fields even for $V_Z<\Delta$. These regions do not appear in the absence of orbital effects. Most remarkably, we note the apparition of regions in which two pairs of MBS arise. For smaller g-factors the orbital effects are becoming destructive, except for the region around $\tilde{\mu}=4$.

Below we also plot the dependence of the MP with magnetic field and g-factor for two fixed chemical potentials. For $\tilde{\mu}=2$ (left panel) we see that for small orbital effects the topological phase is extended and the phase with two pairs of Majorana appears, but for larger  orbital  effects the topological phase is destroyed, in full accordance with previous works \cite{Lim2012,Lim2013,Serra2013,Osca2015,Nijholt2016,Kiczek2017}. However, the topological region close to $\tilde{\mu}=3.9$ (right panel) is preserved for quite large values of the orbital effect (small values of g). A full dependence on $\tilde{b}\equiv \tilde{V}_Z/g^*$ up to very large values corresponding to a quantum of flux per unit cell, as well as the special case of $\tilde{b}=\pi$ are discussed in Appendixes B and C.

\begin{figure}[h!]
	\begin{center}
	\includegraphics[width=0.49\columnwidth]{figt2p.eps}
	\includegraphics[width=0.49\columnwidth]{figt2.eps}
	\end{center}
	\caption{The MP as a function of $\tilde{V}_z$ and the g-factor $g^*$. We set $\tilde{\Delta}=0.4$, $\tilde{\alpha}=0.2$, $\tilde{\mu}=2$ for the left panel and $\tilde{\mu}=3.9$ for the right one.}
	\label{fig2}
\end{figure}

A typical phase diagram can be divided into various regions: 0 -- the trivial phase with $C=0$, denoted in blue, I -- the topological region with $C=1$ (i.e. one pair of Majorana states), denoted in white, and finally, II -- the topological region with $C=2$ and two pairs of Majorana states.
Exemplary local densities of states for the latter case are shown in Fig.~\ref{LDOSstrip}.
\begin{figure}[h]
	\begin{center}
	\includegraphics[width=1\columnwidth]{fig2a.eps}
	\includegraphics[width=1\columnwidth]{fig2b.eps}
	\includegraphics[width=1\columnwidth]{fig2c.eps}
	\includegraphics[width=1\columnwidth]{fig2d.eps}
	\end{center}
	\caption{The amplitude of the wavefunction for the four lowest energy states when these states are MBS. We consider $\tilde{\Delta}=0.4$, $\tilde{\alpha}=0.2$, $\tilde{\mu}=3.9$, $\tilde{V}_Z=0.4$, $\tilde{b}=0.4/50$ and $g^*=50$.}
	\label{LDOSstrip}
\end{figure}
The``traditional'' pair of states localized at the ends of the wire survive at low fields and large $g^*$'s for an extended parameter range compared to the case with no orbital effects (the white regions in Fig.~\ref{fig1} are much wider than the topological regions delimited by the black lines in the absence of orbital effects). The pair of states localized towards the center of the wire is more sensitive to disorder since they can hybridize more easily due to the shorter distance between them; moreover they do not form if the length of the wire is too small.

In addition, in Fig.~\ref{fig3} we plot the evolution of the spectrum with magnetic field when the chemical potential is fixed. Note how the energies of the lowest-lying four states merge to zero at some critical value $\tilde{V}_Z \approx 0.35$ marking the transition between the non-topological
0 state and the topological state with two pairs of Majorana. For $\tilde{V}_Z$ larger than a second critical value $ \tilde{V}_Z  \approx 0.4$ two of these states acquire a finite energy and merge to the continuum marking the transition to the topological phase I exhibiting only the ``traditional'' pair of Majorana states.  In the absence of orbital field the state with two pairs of Majorana is absent and the two lowest-lying modes merge to zero and become Majorana for $\tilde{V}_Z$ larger than $\approx 0.4$.
\begin{figure}[h!]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.49\columnwidth]{fig2.eps}
\includegraphics[width=0.45\columnwidth]{fig2m.eps}
\end{center}
\caption{The spectrum (the 20 lowest energy values) as a function of magnetic field, in the presence and in the absence of orbital effects (left and right panels respectively).  We take $\tilde{\Delta}=0.4$, $\tilde{\alpha}=0.2$,
 $\tilde{\mu}=3.9$, $g^*=50$.}
\label{fig3}
\end{figure}

\subsection{Discussion}
In order to understand better the formation of Majorana states we plot the DOS for the strip in the presence and absence of orbital effects as a function of energy and position. If only the SC is present, the system has a position-independent gap (slightly different from $\Delta$ because of the finite-size effects) (see the upper panel in the left column of Fig.~\ref{dos}).
If some orbital field is added (but no Zeeman field) we see that the uniform gap becomes effectively coordinate-dependent (Fig.~\ref{dos}, upper panel in the right column).
When the actual Zeeman component is also taken into account along with the orbital field, the SC gap is reduced due to the Zeeman spin splitting. Given the spatial inhomogeneity of the effective gap in the presence of orbital effects, the gap closing caused by the Zeeman field will occur first in the regions close to the edges of the strip.  For a Zeeman field larger than a certain critical value this gives rise to two gapless regions separated by a gapped region in the bulk (see Fig.~\ref{dos}, middle panel - left column).
When a non-zero spin-orbit coupling is added, these two regions become topological, giving rise each to a pair of Majorana states (Fig.~\ref{dos} middle panel - right column). This corresponds to phase II (red) in the topological phase diagram and the spatial profile of the two pairs of Majorana states is also depicted in Fig.~\ref{LDOSstrip}

When the Zeeman field becomes larger than a second critical value the entire strip becomes gapless (see Fig.~\ref{dos}, lower panel - left column).
When a spin-orbit is added only two Majorana states form, close to the ends of the wire, same as in the no-orbital case (Fig.~\ref{dos}, lower panel - right column), corresponding to the I region (white) in the topological phase diagram.

\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=.49\columnwidth]{spectrum0.eps}
\includegraphics[width=.49\columnwidth]{spectrum.eps}\\
\includegraphics[width=.49\columnwidth]{spectrum1.eps}
\includegraphics[width=.49\columnwidth]{spectrum2.eps}\\
\includegraphics[width=.49\columnwidth]{spectrum3.eps}
\includegraphics[width=.49\columnwidth]{spectrum4.eps}
\end{center}
\caption{The LDOS  (averaged along y) as a function of x and the energy when
only SC is present, $\tilde{\Delta}=0.4$  (upper left panel), SC and orbital effects are present: $\tilde{\Delta}=0.4$, $\tilde{b}=0.3/50$ (upper right panel)
SC, orbital effects and Zeeman are present: $\tilde{\Delta}=0.4$, $\tilde{V}_Z=0.38$, $\tilde{b}=0.38/50$  (middle left panel), SC, orbital effects, Zeeman and spin-orbit are present:  $\tilde{\Delta}=0.4$, $\tilde{V}_Z=0.38$, $\tilde{b}=0.38/50$, $\tilde{\alpha}=0.2$ (middle right panel). For the lower two panels we take a larger magnetic field $\tilde{V}_Z=0.5$, $\tilde{b}=0.5/50$ and no spin-orbit (lower left panel) and $\tilde{\alpha}=0.2$ (lower right panel). }
\label{dos}
\end{figure}

We should note that even if the topological phase in which MBS can form is larger than in the absence of orbital effects, the topological gap protecting them is reduced, especially at high magnetic fields where the Majorana states are eventually destroyed. Also they are much more delocalized than in the case of no-orbital effects (see Appendix D for a plot of the LDOS in the presence of Majorana states when the orbital effects are not taken into account).

While not shown here, we have observed in our simulations that for longer wires the induced modifications of the gap by the orbital field may consist of multiple spatial oscillations. In the data presented here only two minima of the gap occur close to the edges of the wire, thus  one may obtain at most two pairs of MBS, however, depending on the size of the system and on the parameter values, more than two minima, and thus more that two topological regions may form in principle.

\subsection{Square system}
In what follows, a square system of dimensions 51x51 is considered. In Fig.~\ref{PhDsquares}, the topological phase diagrams as functions of $\tilde{V}_Z$ and $\tilde{\mu}$ are presented for $g^*=50$.
As depicted in Fig.~\ref{PhDsquares} we first note that, same as in the no-orbital-effects case, only quasi-MBS exist in this system, as predicted in Ref.~[\onlinecite{Sedlmayr2016}]. They are the result of the square shape of the system, which gives rise to overlaps between the wavefunctions that describe the MBS.  In the presence of orbital effects quasi-MBS persist only in the region close to $\tilde{\mu}=4$, and for low magnetic fields. A further increase of the orbital magnetic field destroys any structure of the topological phase diagrams.

\begin{figure}[h!]
\vspace{.2in}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.49\columnwidth]{figt1s2.eps}
\includegraphics[width=0.49\columnwidth]{figt1s.eps}
\end{center}
\caption{Topological phase diagram as a function of $\tilde{\mu}$ and $\tilde{V}_Z$ for a square system. We take  $\tilde{\Delta}=0.4$, $\tilde{\alpha}=0.2$, $g^*=200$ (left panel), and $g^*=50$ (right panel).}
\label{PhDsquares}
\end{figure}

\section{Conclusions}
In this work, the orbital effects of the perpendicular component of the magnetic field have been studied for two planar systems with different geometries: a quasi-1D object (a strip) and a square system.

In the case of a strip, one recovers MBS for extended regions of the topological phase diagram. These states persist even for relatively large values of the orbital magnetic field as long as $g m/m_e$ is relatively large. While the topological regions are more extended than in the absence of orbital effects, the topological gap protecting these states is significantly reduced.

Interestingly, more than one pair of Majorana bound states can be hosted by the strip. One of the pairs is the "traditional pair" localized at the edges of the strip, whereas the other one occurs closer to the middle of the strip. The presence of a second pair of MBS can be qualitatively explained by the fact that the orbital field introduces an effective coordinate dependence into the pairing term. Therefore, in the semiclassical picture the standard topological criterion takes a coordinate-dependent form $\sqrt{\mu'^2 + \Delta^2(x)} < V_Z$, which in-turn ensures that in certain parameter regimes the strip we consider consists of three regions: a topological superconductor on the left, a normal superconductor in the middle, and a topological superconductor on the right. Such a configuration supports 2 pairs of MBS, one for each of the topological regions.

For the square system, due to the geometry of the problem, quasi-MBS appear as low-energy solutions of the tight-binding  Hamiltonian. We find that these quasi-MBS are less resistant to the effects of the orbital magnetic field.

{\bf Acknowledgements}
VK would like to acknowledge interesting discussions with Alexander Zyuzin, Sergue\"i Tchoumakov and Egor Babaev. This work was supported by the Roland Gustafsson foundation for theoretical physics.

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Q: Windows 7 search not showing results from mapped Server 2008 R2 share I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 network share setup as a map drive in Win 7 x64. I want to search it via Windows 7 but I always get "no items match your search". It's as though it's not even attempting to search.
The File Server role with Windows Search Service is installed. The drive holding the network share is added to the indexing options on the server, and it indicates that indexing is complete.
From what I understand, the search query should be sent to the server (where the content is indexed), executed, and the results returned.
Failed solutions:
Source:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpronetworking/thread/afb904c1-1c61-4aae-b6b1-5cf525b9f8de/

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*create a symbolic link to the UNC. I find that to be an extreme fix to what should be a simple problem.

*enable "Always Available Offline" for the UNC. In a corporate setting it's not acceptable to duplicate all server content locally, nor is it feasible with many TB's of server storage.

*install the "Windows Desktop Search: Add-in for Files on Microsoft Networks"
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?DisplayLang=en&FamilyID=f7e981d9-5a3b-4872-a07e-220761e27283 It allows a UNC path to be entered into the  indexing options on the client and then the index built locally. However, the add-on is not for Windows 7 and is not supported for x64.
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*The setup includes two clients (Both fully updated Win7 x64), one file server, no domain. Just to make it easy (security isn't an issue in this case), anonymous access is used. I really doubt it's a permissions problem as I can access, modify, and create content on the mapped drive. I just can't search it.

*Searching on the server ALWAYS works. The share in question has lot of content: 2.17TB with 274,633 Files, however, the folder(s) I wish to search has only 11,503 files (54.3GB)

*Searching on one of the two clients works most of the time. It appears to be somewhat unreliable. Some days it works, others it does not. Searching on the second client has never worked.

*The index has been rebuilt on the server as well as both clients.
Update 2:

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*From the client, if I highlight all files in the share, go to properties, and let Win 7 count the files, then proceed to do a search after the counting is complete, it works. I'm not sure why that worked (something to do with rebuilding the index, properly this time?). I have a feeling that as the fileserver content changes it wont stay working. Any thoughts?

A: Given that you're trying to search a server and not your local system, it's probably not related to indexing as you shouldn't have all your clients indexing a file server.
What happens on the system that doesn't work if you login as a completely different user and try to search the sever?  If you get results, try the steps laid out on this site
There's a registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
In this key there are two values (both hex dword)
Start_SearchFiles
 Start_SearchPrograms
Uninstalling Windows Search sets the value of both of these to zero, when they default to something else. However, reinstalling Windows Search does not restore them to their default setting like it probably should. By manually setting both of them to 1, it re-enabled the windows search function from the start menu. Somebody might want to notify one of the Microsoft software engineers that they should correct this issue so that reinstalling Windows Search properly configures this registry key back to its default setting, that way if anybody else does what I just did they'll avoid the same headache I went through. (I don't know how to contact them myself.)
Another thing to try would be to try the steps outlined on this site

A: Go to Home Group on the Windows 7 machine in control panel (I know, but bear with me...). Click on "change advanced sharing options" and in the public section, turn ON network discovery (or toggle it off, apply, on, apply, if already on). Re-index and reboot.
This is just a suggestion. Also, do you notice if the shared network drive appears with an X on it, even for a brief time period, when the machine is turned on? Win 7 has a habit of giving up indexing a network share if it is not available immediately on bootup, even if it subsequently becomes available, like in 30 seconds.
I suspect that this is something to do with the Home Group interaction, even if you have it turned off. I have spent literally days getting machines to be visible when, for no apparent reason, they are immediately available to other machines on the same OS. All these cases involve some type of Windows 7 "homegroup" issue.

A: Try going in from the client PC and right click on the mapped drive. Make sure that "allow files on this drive to have contents indexed..." is checked.
The other option that I would check would be: double click the mapped drive, select all folders and then right click on them, click advanced, then make sure that "folder is ready for archiving" is checked and "allow files in this folder to have contents indexed" is checked.
I think that these settings are usually set on a per pc basis, not taken from the server's settings.

A: I got this working at a site I look after, where they have a need to search in specific folders on the network for scanned documents, and to search text within PDF files. Works beautifully. From a collection of about 70,000 files, they can search almost instantly over the network for filenames and PDF documents containing specific text. Sorry, this doesn't address your exact problems, but hopefully you, or someone, benefits from my efforts. I emailed someone my results so as to tell them about it and to document it. Now shared here :)
Cheers.
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Two hours of ****** around and a further two hours of searching and I finally find this:
http://sourcedaddy.com/windows-7/understanding-remote-search.html
This is exactly what I'm looking for!! Why couldn't I find a single MS website telling me this **?!?
... users of Windows 7 can also search content stored in shared folders on the network. To do this, the following prerequisites are required:
The remote computer must be running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows XP or have Windows Server 2003 with WDS 4.0 installed.
The Windows Search (WSearch) service must be running on the remote computer (on Windows Server 2008, you can enable the search service by installing the File Services role and then enabling the Windows Search role service within that role).
The shared directory on the remote computer must be included in the indexed scope on the remote computer.
Note To provide an optimal experience for remote search, Microsoft recommends that computers running older installed versions of Windows with WDS 2.6.6 or WDS 3.01 be upgraded to WDS 4.0. For more information concerning support for WDS, see the section titled "Understanding the Windows Search Versions" earlier in this tutorial.
Remote search performed from the local computer uses the Windows Search service on the remote computer to perform the query against the index on the remote computer.

A: Sounds like a case of bad/incomplete/corrupt indexing.
Have you tried the exact same search directly on the server?  If that doesn't work either, may I suggest forcing a rebuild of the index:

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*Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.

*Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search\SetupCompletedSuccessfully

*On the Edit menu, click Modify.

*Type 0, and then press ENTER.

*Exit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.

(Steps taken from MS knowledge base.)

A: If Microsoft's options don't work out, you could try these (untested) alternatives:

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*http://www.pandia.com/resources/desktop2.html

*http://www.softperfect.com/products/lspro/

*http://www.10-strike.com/network-file-search/

*http://www.asabox.com/goolag/index_en.htm

A: You need to include the mapped drive to indexing options in win 7.

A: Try creating a new Library and including the folder in the Library.

A: What all descriptions seem to miss, is that even on the client system, given it is running Windows Server 2008 and above (say as Remote Desktop Server), Windows Search will only work, if the RDS has the File-Services role installed and the Windows Search feature is enabled.

A: I tried this simple modification and worked like a charm. Got this from some genius named Thekid2point0 on another site:
"Not sure if this would help but I had a user with this same issue and after awhile changing all the settings I could find, I found one that did the trick. Under the Folder options go to the Search tab and under how to search check the "Don't use the index when searching in file folders for system files" check box close windows explorer and then reopen and try your search again. This worked for me hopefully this will help someone else out there."

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Police had then registered it as a case of accidental death (AD) but could not make any headway. Few days back the cops received an anonymous letter alleging that Sangita was murdered.
The cops began the investigation afresh and summoned John, who initially stood by his earlier statement but when confronted with several questions about his conduct on the night incident, he reportedly confessed to killing his sister.
Now cops are saying that John had stopped the car and asked his mother to get out of it. He also came out and opened the bonnet of the car and called Siamon to stand there. John went back inside the car and poured petrol on Sangita and set her on fire.
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MIAMI, Fla. (October 4, 2019) – The Everglades Foundation, in partnership with the Miami Super Bowl Host Committee and Brightline, celebrated the 2019-2020 football season at a special tailgate party in the Virgin MiamiCentral Select Lounge in downtown Miami. The event, held on Thursday, October 3, 2019, drew more than 200 VIPs from across the tri-county region – many making their way to the event aboard Brightline, soon to be Virgin Trains, from downtown West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale – to watch the Los Angeles Rams play the Seattle Seahawks.
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Christoph Fahrner (* 1616 in Sulz am Neckar; † 1688?) war Schulmeister und Schultheiß in Löchgau, Speyerischer Domstiftschaffner, Heilmittelhersteller und Chemiker.

Er war ein Kontrahent von Johann Rudolph Glauber, dessen Deutschlands Wolfart er kritisierte und mit dem er sich in den Jahren 1655 bis 1659 einen Pamphletkrieg lieferte.

Spätestens seit 1642 ist Fahrner als Schulmeister in Löchgau nachweisbar. Er war damals 26 Jahre alt, muss also 1616 geboren sein. 1656 wurde er zum Schultheißen von Löchgau berufen. Das sehr häufig mit dem Schultheißenamt verbundene Amt des Verwalters der speyerischen Güter in Löchgau versah er seit 1647.

Schon in den letzten Kriegsjahren des Dreißigjährigen Kriegs hatte Fahrner begonnen, sich mit allerlei Arzneien zu beschäftigen. 1649 gab er das Schulmeisteramt auf und widmete sich intensiv der Chemie.

Entscheidend wurde für ihn die Bekanntschaft mit Johann Rudolph Glauber, dem Entdecker des nach ihm benannten Glaubersalzes, der als Pionier der Chemie in dieser Zeit gilt. Zwischen den beiden Chemikern wurden in der Folge mehrere Verträge über Lizenzgebühren geschlossen, die zu einem öffentlich ausgetragenen Streit führten. Trotz oder vielleicht auch gerade wegen der Glauber'schen Medienkampagne galt Fahrner auch weit entfernt von Württemberg als Autorität. Er zählte damals zweifellos zu den bedeutendsten Heilmittelherstellern und Chemikern im Lande.

Sein Nachfolger im Schultheißenamt sowie als speyerischer Schaffner wurde 1688 sein Sohn Johann Jakob Fahrner.

Literatur
 Thomas Schulz (Herausgeber) Löchgau – Beiträge zur Ortsgeschichte, Ludwigsburg 2004, S. 127–135.

Werke
 Christoff Fahrners/ [et]c. Widerlegung/ oder vilmehr Warnung/ Vor der groß prallenden Explicatio Miraculi mundi, und der betriegerischen genandten Wolfahrt Teutschlands Johann Rudolph Glaubers, damit der Kunstbegierige nicht in grossen Unkosten und Schaden gerahte/ sondern nur das nutzliche (welches zwar wenig) behalten/ und das böß und schädliche ablegen möge / Alles getreulich vom Autore selbsten mit nicht geringem Costen erfahren/ und deßwegen beschriben und an den Tag geben. Erschienen: Stuttgart: Rößlin, 1656.
 Ehrenrettung Christoff Fahrners Speyrischen Thumbstiffts Schaffners zu Löchgew/ Wider Die genandte Apologi, vielmehr aber lugenhaffte Lästerschrifft/ Johann Rudolph Glaubers: warinn gründlich erwisen/ und an den Tag geben wird/ was sowolen von Glaubers Person/ als seinen ... Künsten zu halten / Sampt Angehenckter Verantwortung Anthonii Nissen/ wegen Glaubers unbilllichen Schmähung- und Verleumbdungen. Ausgabe: Zum andernmal auffgelegt. Erschienen: Stuttgart: Rößlin, 1656.
 Glauberus Nondum Vivus. Das ist: nicht dem lebendig-todten Glauber zur Antwort: sondern nur dem günstigen Leser zur Kurtzweil oder Nachdencken gegebener Appendix, Stuttgart: Johann Weyrich Rößlin:1657.

Weblinks

 mehrfache Erwähnung Fahrners in Richard Karg: Geschichte des Dorfes Löchgau, Manuskript, 1952 (PDF, 508 kB).

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