https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2003-10230-0
Beta decays with momentum space Majorana spinors
1
Instituto de Fisica, UASLP, Av. Manuel Nava 6, Zona Universitaria, SLP 78290, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
2
Facultad de Fisica, UAZ, Av. Preparatoria 301, Fr. Progreso, ZAC 98062, Zacatecas, Mexico
* e-mail: mariana@ifisica.uaslp.mx
We construct and apply to decays a truly neutral local quantum field that is entirely based upon momentum space Majorana spinors. We make the observation that theory with momentum space Majorana spinors of real C parities is equivalent to Dirac’s theory. For imaginary C parities, the neutrino mass can drop out from the single
decay trace and reappear in
, a curious and in principle experimentally testable signature for a non-trivial impact of Majorana framework in polarization experiments.
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