Isazinzulu, u-Ettore Majorana wazalelwa e-Italiya ngo-1906. Walahleka ngokudumileyo, ecingelwa ukuba wasweleka nge-27 kaMatshi 1938, eneminyaka engama-32 ubudala. Kwabangwa ukuba wanyamalala, okanye wanyamalala, ngequbuliso phantsi kweemeko ezingaqondakaliyo ngelixa wayehamba ngenqanawa esuka ePalermo isiya eNaples. Phantse kwiminyaka engama-20 kamva wafotwa eArgentina, esakhangeleka ekwiminyaka awayeyiyo ngowe-1938.
Intlanganiso engaqhelekanga
Ngelixa amahemuhemu okufa kwakhe asasazwa, akukho nto iqinisekisiweyo, de kwangonyaka ka-2011. NgoMatshi ka-2011, iofisi yeGqwetha laseRome yabhengeza uphando kwingxelo engaqhelekanga eyenziwe lingqina malunga nentlanganiso noMajorana eBuenos Aires kwiminyaka yasemva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II, apho athi uMajorana udize inani lezinto eziphambili ezifunyenweyo zenzululwazi. Ubungqina buphinde buthi xa wabuyela ukudibana noMajorana okwesibini, wayenyamalele, kwaye ngoko ke akazange akwazi ukunika iinkcukacha ezithe kratya malunga nokufunyaniswa kwenzululwazi.
NgoJuni 7, i-2011, imidiya yaseNtaliyane yabika ukuba i-RIS yaseCarabinieri ihlalutye umfanekiso wendoda ethathwe eArgentina ngo-1955, ifumana amanqaku alishumi afana nobuso bukaMajorana. Batsho ukuba lo mfanekiso uphantse waba nguMajorana, owanyamalala kwiminyaka engama-20 ngaphambi kokuba uthathwe umfanekiso. Into engaqhelekanga kukuba, u-Majorana ukhangele phantse iminyaka efanayo kwimifanekiso esuka kwi-1938 njengoko wenzayo kwi-1955. I-Carabinieri ayizange iphawule malunga nokungabikho kokuguga.
UkuFumana okungaqhelekanga
U-Ettore Majorana wayeyinzululwazi ekrelekrele, injineli kunye nengcali yezibalo, kunye nefiziksi yethiyori (owayesebenza kwinqwaba ye-neutrino). I-equation ye-Majorana kunye ne-Majorana fermions zithiywe ngaye.
Ngowe-1937, uMajorana waxela kwangaphambili ukuba isuntswana elizinzileyo linokubakho kwindalo eyayiyinto kunye ne-antimatter. Kumava ethu emihla ngemihla, kukho umbandela (uninzi kwindalo yethu eyaziwayo) kunye ne-antimatter (enqabile kakhulu). Ukuba kufuneka i-antimatter idibane, zombini ziyabhangisa, zinyamalale ngophanyazo lwamandla.
Ngaba wazama ukulinga okuthile okungaqhelekanga okwamenza wathi shwaka ngephanyazo lamandla, kodwa waphinda wavela, ngephanyazo, kwiminyaka engama-20 kamva?
Iyelenqe
Amahemuhemu ebejikeleza malunga nokunyamalala kwakhe ukusukela oko wayesilela ukuhla kwisikhephe awabonwa ekhwela kuso ngoMatshi ka-1938.
Nangona kunjalo, kwanale nkcukacha inye yekhonkrithi kwimeko, (yokuba uMajorana wakhwela isikhephe) iyaphikisana. Abanye bakholelwa ukuba ubeke ngabom i-decoy kwisikhephe. Abanye bacinga ukuba uhambo lwephenyane yayiyintsomi nje yabo wayebashiyile, ababesazi ngekamva lakhe lokwenyani, kodwa befuna ubungqina bokunyamalala kwakhe.
Ophumelele iBhaso leNobel, uFermi, xa wayexoxa ngokunyamalala kukaMajorana, edume wathi, “U-Ettore wayekrelekrele kakhulu. Ukuba ugqibe kwelokuba anyamalale, akukho mntu uya kukwazi ukumfumana. Hayi ngeli xesha, okanye elinye” Kubonakala ngathi usenokuba wayenyanisile. Ngaba uMajorana wayengumhambi wokuqala?
