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2 unusual facts about Majorana


Gamma matrices

There is also the Majorana basis, in which all of the Dirac matrices are imaginary and spinors are real.

Gravitational shielding

Some shielding experiments were conducted in the early 20th century by Majorana.


Ettore Majorana

Solution of Majorana's equation yields particles that are their own anti-particle, now referred to as Majorana Fermions.


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