A Majorana fermion (/maɪəˈrɑːnə/), also referred to as a Majorana particle, is a fermion that is its own antiparticle. They were hypothesised by Ettore...

varieties of fermions, with the three most common types being: Weyl fermions (massless), Dirac fermions (massive), and Majorana fermions (each its own...

ship from Naples to Palermo. The Majorana equation and Majorana fermions are named after him. In 2006, the Majorana Prize was established in his memory...

possible that the neutrino might be a Weyl fermion (it is now expected to be either a Dirac or a Majorana fermion). In condensed matter physics, some materials...

(surname), an Italian surname MAJORANA, a physics search for neutrinoless double-beta decay Majorana fermion Majorana Prize, a prize for theoretical...

each known fermion has its own distinct antiparticle. It is not known whether the neutrino is a Dirac fermion or a Majorana fermion. Fermions are the basic...

then properly be called fermions; fermions have the algebraic qualities of spinors. By general convention, the terms "fermion" and "spinor" are often...

description of a Dirac fermion Dirac–Kähler fermion, a geometric formulation of Dirac fermions Majorana fermion, an alternate category of fermion, possibly describing...

2-component Weyl spinor. It is not known whether the neutrino is a Majorana fermion or a Dirac fermion; observing neutrinoless double-beta decay experimentally...

distinct particles—twelve fermions and five bosons. As a consequence of flavor and color combinations and antimatter, the fermions and bosons are known to...

particle.[citation needed] If so, they would be Majorana fermions, whereas if not, they would be Dirac fermions. They are produced in beta decay and other...

other being fermions, which have odd half-integer spin (1⁄2, 3⁄2, 5⁄2, ...). Every observed subatomic particle is either a boson or a fermion. Paul Dirac...

fermions, neutral particles can be another type of spin ⁠ 1 /2⁠ particle called Majorana particles, named after the Italian physicist Ettore Majorana...

resolve distinctive patterns of quasiparticle interference in Bi-2212. A Majorana fermion is a particle which equals its own antiparticle, and can emerge as...

as a means of describing fermions that are their own antiparticle. Particles corresponding to this equation are termed Majorana particles, although that...

gauge group G has dual Coxeter number h in 3-dimensions. Include n Majorana fermions which transform under a real representation of G. This theory naively...

Graviphoton Graviton Inflaton Leptoquark Magnetic monopole Majoron Majorana fermion Dark photon Preon Sterile neutrino Tachyon W′ and Z′ bosons X and Y...

exist. Because baryons have an odd number of quarks, they are also all fermions, i.e., they have half-integer spin. As quarks possess baryon number B = 1⁄3...

{\displaystyle i,j} labels any Majorana fermion operators on equal footing (regardless their origin from Re or Im combination of complex fermion operators c α {\displaystyle...

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(73)90490-5. Salam, A.; et al. (1974). "On Goldstone fermion". Physics Letters. B49 (5): 465–467. Bibcode:1974PhLB...49..465S. doi:10...

of 95+9 −3 MeV/c2. Like all quarks, the strange quark is an elementary fermion with spin ⁠1/2⁠, and experiences all four fundamental interactions: gravitation...

supersymmetry theory, each fermion should have a partner boson, the fermion's superpartner, and each boson should have a partner fermion. Exact unbroken supersymmetry...

particle (sparticle) of its associated fermion. Each particle has a superpartner with spin that differs by ⁠1/2⁠. Fermions in the SM have spin-⁠1/2⁠ and, therefore...

particles of spin 1⁄2, known as fermions. Fermions respect the Pauli exclusion principle, meaning that two identical fermions cannot simultaneously occupy...

experimental results that provided potential "signatures" of Majorana fermion quasiparticles. These Majorana quasiparticles would be very stable, and therefore...

the weak isospin of the fermion (the "charge" for the weak force), Q {\displaystyle \,Q\,} is the electric charge of the fermion (in units of the elementary...

Shaposhnikov of EPFL. "But GeV-to-keV-scale sterile neutrinos – so-called Majorana fermions – are well motivated theoretically and do not contradict any existing...

zero temperature, the fermions fill up sufficient levels to accommodate all the available fermions—and in the case of many fermions, the maximum kinetic...

supersymmetric partner of a gluon. In supersymmetric theories, gluinos are Majorana fermions and interact via the strong force as a color octet. Gluinos have a...

neutrino were also its own antiparticle, then it would be the first Majorana fermion. In that case, it could annihilate with another neutrino, allowing...