Princeton University scientists have observed an exotic particle, - TopicsExpress



          

Princeton University scientists have observed an exotic particle, the Majorana fermion, that behaves simultaneously like matter and antimatter. Despite combining qualities usually thought to annihilate each other — matter and antimatter — the Majorana fermion is surprisingly stable; rather than being destructive, the conflicting properties render the particle neutral so that it interacts very weakly with its environment. This aloofness has spurred scientists to search for ways to engineer the Majorana into materials, which could provide a much more stable way of encoding quantum information... princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S41/22/57K51/index.xml
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 21:57:25 +0000

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