On the Majorana equation: relations between its complex two-component and real four-component eigenfunctions

DOI10.5402/2012/760239zbMATH Open1253.81053arXiv1207.4685OpenAlexW2012008449WikidataQ58692273 ScholiaQ58692273MaRDI QIDQ454495FDOQ454495

Authors: Eckart Marsch 

Publication date: 8 October 2012

Published in: ISRN Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We first derive without recourse to the Dirac equation the two-component Majorana equation with a mass term by a direct linearization of the relativistic dispersion relation of a massive particle. Thereby, we make only use of the complex conjugation operator and the Pauli spin matrices, corresponding to the irreducible representation of the Lorentz group. Then we derive the complex two-component eigenfunctions of the Majorana equation and the related quantum fields in a concise way, by exploiting the so called chirality conjugation operator that involves the spin-flip operator. Subsequently, the four-component spinor solutions of the real Majorana equation are derived, and their intrinsic relations with the spinors of the complex two-component version of the Majorana equation are revealed and discussed extensively.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.4685

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Model quantum field theories (81T10)

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