Nonlinear Dynamics and Applications

2006, Vol.13, pp.200-206


The Majorana bases structure and an electrically neutral spin 1/2 particle in Riemannian space-time.
Red'kov V.M., Tokarevskaya N.G., Kisel V.V.

The case of electrically neutral spin 1/2 particle is investigated on the background of a curved space-time. In any one of Majorana bases the Dirac generally covariant equation reduces to a pair of separate equations for a real and complex parts of the 4-spinor wave function . The lorentz matrices in bispinor space, being specified in any Majorana basis, turn to be real-valued, therefore equations for and are not mixed by local Lorentz transformations associated with tetrad changes in curved space. The set of all Majorana bases is looked through in detail, and 17-parametric transformation referring spinor basis to any Majorana's is derived. Several the simplest examples of choosing parameters are given, they correspond to widely used Majorana representations.One special case of electrically neutral particle with non-vanishing magnetic moment is discussed. Its wave function must be complex-valued. In other words, real nature of the wave function of the particle is equivalent to requirement - all electromagnetic characteristics of the particle, including electric charge, must vanish.
Key words: Majorana fermion, curved space-time

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