Proposal for realization of the Majorana equation in a tabletop experimentProposal for realization of the Majorana equation in a tabletop experiment Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές 2015-10-202013enWe introduce the term Majoranon to describe particles that obey the Majorana equation, which are different from the Majorana fermions widely studied in various physical systems. A general procedure to simulate the corresponding Majoranon dynamics, based on a decomposition of the Majorana equation into two Dirac equations, is described in detail. It allows the simulation of the two-component chiral spinors, the building blocks of modern gauge theories, in the laboratory with current technology. Specifically, a Majoranon in one spatial dimension can be simulated with a single qubit plus a continuous degree of freedom, for example, a single trapped ion. Interestingly, the dynamics of a Majoranon deviates most clearly from that of a Dirac particle in the rest frame, in which the continuous variable is redundant, making a possible laboratory implementation feasible with existing setups.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Physical Review A874 Noh Changsuk Rodríguez-Lara B. M. Aggelakis Dimitrios Αγγελακης Δημητριος American Physical Society Quantum physics