Scientific Papers of Ettore Majorana

1. Front Matter

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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

• Ettore Majorana's contributions
• Symmetric theory of electrons and posityrons
• oriented atoms in variable magnetic field
• incomplete P' triplets
• Ettore Majorana's scientific papers commented

“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)

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

  Luisa Cifarelli

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).