Chiral Maxwell’s Equations as Two Spinor System: Dirac and Majorana Neutrino

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This work clarifies the relation between Maxwell, Dirac and Majorana neutrino equations presenting an original way to derive the Dirac and neutrino equation from the chiral electrodynamics leading, perhaps, to novel conception in the mass generation by electromagnetic fields. In the present article, it is shown that Maxwell equations can be written in the same form as the two components Dirac and neutrino equations, that is the vector representation of electromagnetic theory can be factorized into a pair of two-component spinor field equations. We propose a simple approach with the electric field E parallel to the magnetic field H. Our analysis is based on the chiral or Weyl form of the Maxwell equations in a chiral vacuum. This theory is a new quantum mechanics (QM) interpretation for Dirac and neutrino equation. The below research proves that the QM of particles represents the electrodynamics of the curvilinear closed chiral waves. Electromagnetic properties of neutrinos are discussed.

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H. Torres-Silva, "Chiral Maxwell’s Equations as Two Spinor System: Dirac and Majorana Neutrino," Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications, Vol. 5 No. 6, 2013, pp. 264-270. doi: 10.4236/jemaa.2013.56042.

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