where "C" is the charge conjugation matrix, which is defined by the property that when it conjugates a gamma matrix, the gamma matrix is negated and transposed. The first equality is the definition of while the second is a consequence of the Majorana spinor condition θ* = iγ0Cθ. The conjugate spinor plays a role similar to that of θ* in the superspace R1|2, except that the Majorana condition, as manifested in the above equation, imposes that θ and θ* are not independent.