On the border between matter and anti-matter: Nanoscientists find long-sought Majorana particle
Friday, April 13, 2012 - 15:10
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists in the Netherlands have succeeded for the first time in detecting a Majorana particle. In the 1930s, the brilliant Italian physicist Ettore Majorana deduced from quantum theory the possibility of the existence of a very special particle, a particle that is its own anti-particle: the Majorana fermion. That 'Majorana' would be right on the border between matter and anti-matter.