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Scientific Papers of Ettore Majorana

A New Expanded Edition

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Editors:
  1. Luisa Cifarelli

    1. Department of Physics, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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  • Presents a collection of Majorana’s scientific notes, many of which translated into English for the first time

  • Includes comments of experts in the respective fields

  • Presented by the Italian Physical Society

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Genius of Ettore Majorana

    • Antonino Zichichi
    Pages 1-26

  3. On the Splitting of the Roentgen and Optical Terms Caused by the Electron Rotation and on the Intensity of the Cesium Lines∗

    • Giovanni Gentile Jr., Ettore Majorana
    Pages 27-34

  4. Majorana dr Ettore: Search for a General Expression of Rydberg Corrections, Valid for Neutral Atoms or Positive Ions∗

    • Ettore Majorana
    Pages 35-42

  5. On the Formation of Molecular Helium IonTranslated from Sulla formazione dello ione molecolare di elio, “Il Nuovo Cimento”, vol. 8, 1931, pp. 22–28, by P. Radicati di Brozolo.

    • Ettore Majorana
    Pages 43-51

  6. On the Possible Anomalous Terms of Helium

    • Ettore Majorana
    Pages 53-60

  7. Pseudopolar Reaction of Hydrogen Atoms∗

    • Ettore Majorana
    Pages 61-65

  8. Theory of the Incomplete P′ Triplets

    • Ettore Majorana
    Pages 67-76

  9. Oriented Atoms in a Variable Magnetic Field

    • Ettore Majorana
    Pages 77-88

  10. Relativistic Theory of Particles with Arbitrary Intrinsic Angular Momentum

    • Ettore Majorana
    Pages 89-99

  11. On Nuclear Theory

    • Ettore Majorana
    Pages 101-112

  12. A Symmetric Theory of Electrons and Positrons

    • Ettore Majorana
    Pages 113-128

  13. The Value of Statistical Laws in Physics and Social Sciences∗

    • Ettore Majorana
    Pages 129-142

  14. Are Neutrinos Completely Neutral Particles?

    • Alessandro Bettini
    Pages 143-157

  15. Majorana Fermions in Condensed Matter

    • Giorgio Benedek
    Pages 159-168

  16. Biographical Notes on Ettore Majorana

    • Francesco Guerra, Nadia Robotti
    Pages 169-188
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About this book

This book presents in full the work of the Italian theoretical physicist Ettore Majorana and explains its impacts, which are still being felt.  It opens with a contribution by A. Zichichi that considers in depth the scientific genius of Majorana. This introductory chapter is followed, in chronological order, by the eleven scientific papers by this great scientist, in most cases translated into English for the first time. Each paper is accompanied by a comment from an expert in the field in question. Although very few in number, Majorana's papers constitute a heritage of undeniable value and extraordinary scientific meaning, since they laid the foundations for research fields that remain topical today. With this in mind, two additional contributions on ongoing developments in these research fields are included: one on neutrino physics and the other on Majorana fermions in condensed matter. The volume closes with a note on Majorana's life until his ill-fated disappearance.



Reviews

“Majorana leaves us a rich legacy. The reader will find in this book deep insights and stimulation.” (Dieter Haidt, Italian Physical Society, sif.it, July 22, 2020)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Luisa Cifarelli

About the editor

Born in Rome in 1952, Luisa Cifarelli graduated with a degree in Physics in Bologna in 1975. First an INFN researcher in Bologna and fellow at CERN (Geneva), she began her university career in 1988, being appointed Chair of Physics in 1991. She has since taught at several Italian Universities (Naples, Pisa and Salerno) and is now a Professor of Experimental Physics in Bologna. Her research has chiefly focused on very high energy nuclear and subnuclear physics, conducted in the context of international collaborative experiments at major European laboratories, such as CERN and DESY (Hamburg). In the last ten years she has been involved in the design, construction and running of the large ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC for the study of heavy nuclei collisions at extreme, unprecedented energies. She has served on several councils, committees and commissions, including the CERN Council and the INFN Board of Directors. President of the Italian Physical Society since 2008, she was also President of the European Physical Society from 2011 to 2013. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a member of the Academia Europaea and a member of the Committee on International Scientific Affairs of the American Physical Society. She is a member of the Scientific Committee of the "Ettore Majorana" Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture (Erice), and of the Scientific Council of JINR (Dubna). She is President of the "Enrico Fermi" Historical Museum of Physics and Centre for Study and Research (Rome).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Scientific Papers of Ettore Majorana

  • Book Subtitle: A New Expanded Edition

  • Editors: Luisa Cifarelli

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23509-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23508-6Published: 29 April 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23511-6Published: 26 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-23509-3Published: 28 April 2020

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: X, 188

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: Jointly published with SIF, Bologna, Italy

  • Topics: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Particle and Nuclear Physics

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