Ettore Majorana and his heritage seventy years later

DOI10.1002/ANDP.200810296MaRDI QIDQ3510906zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors S. Esposito

Publication date 3 July 2008

Published in Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3602

zbMATH Keywords

atomic and molecular physicsEnrico Fermifield theorygroup theorynuclear physicsquantum electrodynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of quantum theory (81-03) Applications of quantum theory to specific physical systems (81Vxx)

Abstract: The physicists working in several areas of research know quite well the name of Ettore Majorana, since it is currently associated to fundamental concepts like {it Majorana neutrinos} in particle physics and cosmology or {it Majorana fermions} in condensed matter physics. But, probably, very few is known about other substantial contributions of that ingenious scholar, and even less about his personal background. For non specialists, instead, the name of Ettore Majorana is usually intimately related to the fact that he disappeared rather mysteriously on March 26, 1938, just seventy years ago, and was never seen again. The life and the work of this Italian scientist is the object of the present review, which will also offer a summary of the main results achieved in recent times by the historical and scientific researches on his work.

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• Ettore Majorana. Aspects of his scientific and academic activity
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