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...

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...

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

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...

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

are the same particle. If so, they would be Majorana fermions, whereas if not, they would be Dirac fermions. They are produced in beta decay and other...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

real particles. Weyl fermions in matter are like phonons, which are also quasiparticles. No real particle that is a Weyl fermion has been found to exist...

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...

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

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

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

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...

neutral spin-½ fermions. These quasiparticles are named after Nikolay Bogolyubov. Sometimes these quasiparticles are also called Majorana modes, in analogy...

electroweak gauginos), and the neutral higgsinos. As the neutralinos are Majorana fermions, each of them is identical to its antiparticle. If they exist, these...

fields, which are more fundamental than the particles. These fields are the fermion fields, ψ, which account for "matter particles"; the electroweak boson...

example above; they may also be fermions. However, in order to preserve quantum numbers, most simple diagrams involving fermion exchange are prohibited. The...

fermion–antifermion pair. As general rule, the Higgs is more likely to decay into heavy fermions than light fermions, because the mass of a fermion is...