Dirac, Majorana, and Weyl fermions

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 485-498

  Pal, Palash B ^a  

^a SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

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EID: 79954467504     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3549729     Document Type: Article

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