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October 15, 1982Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields234 citationsOpen Access

Majorana neutrinos and their electromagnetic properties

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BKBoris Kayser

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To help develop a picture of Majorana neutrinos, we study their electromagnetic properties. We show that CPT invariance forbids a Majorana neutrino from having a magnetic or electric dipole moment. Then, by considering the process, we find the most general expression for the matrix element of the electromagnetic current of a Majorana neutrino. The result is verified in a way which leads us to explore the behavior under parity of such a particle. Next, we see how electromagnetic properties which follow from one-loop diagrams conform to our general results. Finally, we show how the striking electromagnetic differences between Majorana and Dirac neutrinos can become invisible as the neutrino mass goes to zero.

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Boris Kayser (1982) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a15f3a6caf7e3ea0ee3e5d7https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.26.1662
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