Majorana fermions

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf quasiparticle
elementary particle (theoretical)
gptkbp:category Fermion
quasiparticle
hypothetical particle
gptkbp:charge neutral
gptkbp:hasProperty particle is its own antiparticle
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Majorana fermions
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Ettore_Majorana
gptkbp:possibleDetectionMethod gptkb:tunneling_spectroscopy
topological insulators
nanowire-superconductor hybrid systems
vortex cores in superconductors
gptkbp:possibleExample gptkb:neutrino_(if_Majorana_type)
gptkbp:possibleRealization gptkb:Majorana_bound_states
quasiparticles in superconductors
gptkbp:predicts gptkb:Ettore_Majorana
1937
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Dirac_fermion
gptkb:Weyl_fermion
fault-tolerant quantum computation
non-Abelian statistics
gptkbp:role gptkb:topological_quantum_computing
neutrino physics
dark matter
gptkbp:searchStatus not yet conclusively observed
gptkbp:spin 1/2
gptkbp:studiedIn condensed matter physics
particle physics
gptkbp:theoreticalFramework gptkb:Majorana_equation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4