Majorana fermion
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title:
Majorana fermion
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A Majorana fermion, also referred to as a Majorana particle, is a fermion that is its own antiparticle. They were hypothesised by Ettore Majorana in 1937. The term is sometimes used in opposition to a Dirac fermion, which describes fermions that are not their own antiparticles. With the exception of neutrinos, all of the Standard Model fermions are known to behave as Dirac fermions at low energy, and none are Majorana fermions. The nature of neutrinos is not settled – they may turn out to be eit
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Fermion that is its own antiparticle
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorana_fermion
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2006-04-06T00:54:28Z
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2024-09-10T12:08:21Z
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