Majorana Fermion - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org ![rw-book-cover|200x400](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article2.74d541386bbf.png) ## Metadata - Author: **en.wikipedia.org** - Full Title: Majorana Fermion - Wikipedia - Category: #articles - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorana_fermion ## Highlights - A Majorana fermion, also referred to as a Majorana particle, is a fermion that is its own antiparticle. They were hypothesised by Ettore Majorana in 1937. The term is sometimes used in opposition to a Dirac fermion, which describes fermions that are not their own antiparticles. - Tags: #physic