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Nature Physics 3, 763 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nphys767
Subject Categories: Quantum physics | Condensed-matter physics
Fractional exchange statistics: A home for anyon?
Kirill Shtengel1
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Kirill Shtengel is in the Department of Physics, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
e-mail: kirill.shtengel@ucr.edu
Abstract
Exotic quasiparticles known as 'anyons' have intriguing fundamental and practical properties. A proposal for a solid-state structure in which anyons might 'live' provides fresh ideas for getting a practical handle on them.
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