On the construction of Fermi-Walker transported frames
2008; Wiley; Volume: 17; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1002/andp.200810289
ISSN1521-3889
Autores Tópico(s)Relativity and Gravitational Theory
ResumoAnnalen der PhysikVolume 520, Issue 5 p. 302-318 Historical Review Ettore Majorana and his heritage seventy years later S. Esposito, Corresponding Author S. Esposito [email protected] Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli "Federico II" & I.N.F.N. Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di M. S. Angelo, Via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, ItalySearch for more papers by this author S. Esposito, Corresponding Author S. Esposito [email protected] Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli "Federico II" & I.N.F.N. Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di M. S. Angelo, Via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, ItalySearch for more papers by this author First published: 13 June 2008 https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.20085200504AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Abstract The physicists working in several areas of research know quite well the name of Ettore Majorana, since it is currently associated to fundamental concepts like Majorana neutrinos in particle physics and cosmology or Majorana fermions in condensed matter physics. But, probably, very few is known about other substantial contributions of that ingenious scholar, and even less about his personal background. For non specialists, instead, the name of Ettore Majorana is usually intimately related to the fact that he disappeared rather mysteriously on March 26, 1938, just seventy years ago, and was never seen again. The life and the work of this Italian scientist is the object of the present review, which will also offer a summary of the main results achieved in recent times by the historical and scientific researches on his work. References [1]E. Recami, Il caso Majorana. Epistolario, documenti, testimonianze (Oscar Mondadori, Milan, 1991, second edition); (Di Renzo, Rome, 2002, fourth revised and enlarged edition). [2]B. Pontecorvo, Fermi e la fisica moderna (La città del Sole, Naples, 2004), p. 47; see also B. Pontecorvo, J. Phys. Colloq. 43, C 8- 221 (1982). [3]S. Esposito, Nuovo Sagg. 21, 21 (2005); A. Drago, and S. Esposito, Phys. 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