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Ettore Majorana
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Italian physicist (1906-1938?)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1906-08-05 ) 5 August 1906, Catania , Kingdom of Italy
- Disappeared
- 25 March 1938 (1938-03-25) (aged 31), Palermo , Kingdom of Italy
- Alma mater
- Sapienza University of Rome
- Known for
- Exchange force Relativistic wave equations Majorana equation Majorana fermion Majorana representation
- Relatives
- Quirino Majorana (uncle)
- Fields
- Particle physics
- Institutions
- University of Naples
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Catania
- Place of death
- Italy
- Occupation
- nuclear physicist
- Educated at
- University of Naples Federico II
- Employer
- University of Naples Federico II
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Doctoral advisor
- Enrico Fermi
- Field of work
- particle physics
- Image
- Ettore Majorana.jpg
- Residence
- Italy
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- Ettore Majorana
- date of birth
- 1906-08-05
- name in native language
- Ettore Majorana
- writing language
- Italian
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Encyclopedic overview
Ettore Majorana (/ˌmaɪ.əˈrɑːnə/ MY-ə-RAH-nə, Italian: [ˈɛttore majoˈraːna]; 5 August 1906 – disappeared 25 March 1938) was an Italian theoretical physicist who worked on neutrino masses.
The Majorana equation, Majorana fermions, and Microsoft's device attempting to create topological qubits, Majorana 1, are named after him. In 2006, the Majorana Prize was established in his memory.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ettore Majorana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.