Weyl and Majorana for neutral particles
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چکیده
We compare various formalisms for neutral particles. It is found that they contain unexplained contradictions. Next, we investigate the spin-1/2 and spin-1 cases in different bases. look relations with Majorana-like field operator. show explicitly incompatibility of Majorana anzatzen Dirac-like operators both original theory its generalizations. Several explicit examples are presented higher spins too. seems calculations helicity basis only give mathematically physically reasonable results.
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عنوان ژورنال: Astronomische Nachrichten
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['0004-6337', '1521-3994']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.20230024