A Majorana fermion (/maɪəˈrɑːnə/), also referred to as a Majorana particle, is a fermion that is its own antiparticle. They were hypothesised by Ettore...
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varieties of fermions, with the three most common types being: Weyl fermions (massless), Dirac fermions (massive), and Majorana fermions (each its own...
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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...
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Weyl equation (redirect from Weyl fermion)
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...
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List of particles (section Fermions)
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...
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(surname), an Italian surname MAJORANA, a physics search for neutrinoless double-beta decay Majorana fermion Majorana Prize, a prize for theoretical...
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description of a Dirac fermion Dirac–Kähler fermion, a geometric formulation of Dirac fermions Majorana fermion, an alternate category of fermion, possibly describing...
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Fermionic field (redirect from Fermion field)
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...
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Spinor (redirect from Majorana–Weyl fermion)
then properly be called fermions; fermions have the algebraic qualities of spinors. By general convention, the terms "fermion" and "spinor" are often...
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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...
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Neutrino (section Majorana mass)
fermions, neutral particles can be another type of spin 1 /2 particle called Majorana particles, named after the Italian physicist Ettore Majorana...
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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...
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resolve distinctive patterns of quasiparticle interference in Bi-2212. A Majorana fermion is a particle which equals its own antiparticle, and can emerge as...
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as a means of describing fermions that are their own antiparticle. Particles corresponding to this equation are termed Majorana particles, although that...
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Elementary particle (section Fundamental fermions)
distinct particles—twelve fermions and five bosons. As a consequence of flavor and color combinations and antimatter, the fermions and bosons are known to...
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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...
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Sterile neutrino (redirect from Neutral fermion)
neutrino were also its own antiparticle, then it would be the first Majorana fermion. In that case, it could annihilate with another neutrino, allowing...
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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...
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{\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...
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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...
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Goldstone boson (section Nambu–Goldstone fermions)
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...
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Graviphoton Graviton Inflaton Leptoquark Magnetic monopole Majoron Majorana fermion Dark photon Preon Sterile neutrino Tachyon W′ and Z′ bosons X and Y...
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supersymmetry theory, each fermion should have a partner boson, the fermion's superpartner, and each boson should have a partner fermion. Exact unbroken supersymmetry...
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zero temperature, the fermions fill up sufficient levels to accommodate all the available fermions—and in the case of many fermions, the maximum kinetic...
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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...
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neutral spin-½ fermions. These quasiparticles are named after Nikolay Bogolyubov. Sometimes these quasiparticles are also called Majorana modes, in analogy...
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Neutralino (category Fermions)
electroweak gauginos), and the neutral higgsinos. As the neutralinos are Majorana fermions, each of them is identical to its antiparticle. If they exist, these...
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fields, which are more fundamental than the particles. These fields are the fermion fields, ψ, which account for "matter particles"; the electroweak boson...
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example above; they may also be fermions. However, in order to preserve quantum numbers, most simple diagrams involving fermion exchange are prohibited. The...
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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...
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