Majorana: a symmetric theory of the electron and positron

What changed

Constructed a real representation allowing a neutral spin-half particle to coincide with its antiparticle.

Scientific scope

The record is Majorana’s sole-author 1937 Italian paper. It does not assert experimental discovery of a Majorana particle, establish that neutrinos are Majorana particles or absorb later condensed-matter quasiparticle proposals and searches.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Majorana’s sole-author 1937 Italian paper. It does not assert experimental discovery of a Majorana particle, establish that neutrinos are Majorana particles or absorb later condensed-matter quasiparticle proposals and searches.

Contributors

• Ettore Majorana · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• CERN record for Majorana 1937 paper
• Italian Physical Society Majorana context and facsimile reference

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