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First glimpse of the orbiton

Nature volume 410, pages 155–158 (2001)Cite this article

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.

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Figure 1: How electron energy levels are affected by their environment.
Figure 2: The shape of electron orbitals.

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    Philip B. Allen & Vasili Perebeinos

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