Non-Abelian anyons are hypothesized particles that, if found, could form the basis of a fault-tolerant quantum computer. The theoretical finding that they may turn up in three dimensions comes as a surprise.
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Nayak, C. Another dimension for anyons. Nature 464, 693–694 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/464693a
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