anyon
nounUS /ɛniɑn/
Etymology From any + -on, since they can have any phase when particles are interchanged. Coined by Frank Wilczek in 1982 in the journal Physical Review Letters.
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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Any particle that obeys a continuum of quantum statistics, only two of which are the standard Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics.
- The anyon concept has been used to describe phenomena in connection with the fractional quantum Hall effect (FOHE).1995, Erik B Karlsson, Solid State Phenomena: As Seen by Muons, Protons, and Excited Nuclei:
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- anyonic