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Nature 410, 155-158 (8 March 2001) | doi:10.1038/35065767
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Condensed-matter physics: First glimpse of the orbiton
Philip B. Allen1 & Vasili Perebeinos1
Abstract
Crystals are host to a variety of disturbances, which show up as waves or particles. Physicists think they may have seen a new type of disturbance called the orbiton.
On page 180 of this issue, Saitoh et al.1 present evidence for the observation of a new particle in a solid. Although predicted to exist, this first sighting of the orbiton should allow it to join the list of 'particle excitations' found in solids, such as electrons, holes, phonons, magnons, excitons and plasmons.
- Philip B. Allen and Vasili Perebeinos are in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA.
Correspondence to: Philip B. Allen1 e-mail: Email: allen@felix.physics.sunysb.edu
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