orbiton
nounEtymology From orbit + -on.
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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Particle A quasiparticle, corresponding to the orbital energy of an electron, which can result from an electron apparently ‘splitting’ under certain conditions.
- Two such quasi-particles had been seen before, but a team reporting in Nature has now confirmed a third: the orbiton.2012, BBC News online, 18 Apr 2012
- Derived terms
- orbitonic