anyonn.
/ˈɛnɪɒn/, U.S. /ˈɛniˌɑn/ Particle Physics.
A quasiparticle in two-dimensional space whose statistics can take arbitrary values between those characterizing bosons and fermions.
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1982 F. Wilczek in Physical Rev. Lett. 49 957/1 Since interchange of two of these particles can give any phase, I will call them generically anyons.
1989 Sci. Amer. May 18/1 Because anyons exist on two-dimensional surfaces, they are believed to be important in such widely studied phenomena as the quantum Hall effect and high-temperature superconductivity.
2008 Nature 17 Apr. 803/1 Theorists are happy to accept that there are particles called anyons that live only in two dimensions and are part electric charge, part magnetic flux.
2013 V. G. Ivancevic & T. T. Ivancevic New Trends Control Theory v. 562 To build a topological quantum computer requires one additional complication, the anyons must be..non-Abelian, or, non-commutative, which means that the order in which particles are swapped is important.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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