Is neutrino produced in standard weak interactions a Dirac or Majorana particle?

2009/12/01 by Х. М. Бештоев, Beshtoev, Kh. M.
Physics and Astronomy · #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0912.0210

Abstract

This work considers the following problem: what type (Dirac or Majorana) of neutrinos is produced in standard weak interactions? It is concluded that only Dirac neutrinos but not Majorana neutrinos can be produced in these interactions. It means that this neutrino will be produced in another type of interaction. Namely, Majorana neutrino will be produced in the interaction which differentiates spin projections but cannot differentiate neutrino (particle) from antineutrino (antiparticle). This interaction has not been discovered yet. Therefore experiments with very high precision are important to detect the neutrinoless double decay.

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