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Physicists have ‘braided’ strange quasiparticles called anyons

Looping the structures around one another strengthens the case that anyons really exist

braided rope

Anyons, which show up within 2-D materials, can be looped around one another like rope. Now physicists have observed this “braiding” effect.

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By Emily Conover

- More than 2 years ago

Physicists have captured their first clear glimpse of the tangled web woven by particles called anyons.