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It's a quasi-particle that is just plain weird.
Remember graphing in math class? You had the X and Y axes (yeah, that's the correct pluralization of axis) and, if you went far enough, you added a third axis and could represent three dimensional figures (not really important except in planar geometry and when you hit the Euclidean geometry).
On that graph, one axis stood for length and the other stood for height (depending on how you used it, of course, as graphing has other purposes). That's a 2 dimensional space.
To represent the third dimension, you add the Z axis.
If there's a Z axis, this quasiparticle can't exist. It only exists in the 2D space. It only exists on the X and Y axes.
It's a bit like the moononites from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Only even weirder than they are.
I took calculus in high school. I know what 2d is. I still don't grasp a 2d particle. Is it entirely theoretical, or what? Is it necessary. I clicked a few of the links but the info was a bit dense for me to understand what they're saying or why I should or anyone should care about it. What's the application?
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Is it entirely theoretical, or what?
From Wikipedia:
Abelian anyons have been detected and play a major role in the fractional quantum Hall effect.
So, no - it's detected. However, the non-Abelian are just theorized. From Wikipedia:
Non-abelian anyons have not been definitively detected, although this is an active area of research.
I'm unsure of any practical use - but the observation/confirmation could lead to more confidence in the quantum mechanic models and help further the refinement of that field of study.
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[–] TheBuddha ago
It's a quasi-particle that is just plain weird.
Remember graphing in math class? You had the X and Y axes (yeah, that's the correct pluralization of axis) and, if you went far enough, you added a third axis and could represent three dimensional figures (not really important except in planar geometry and when you hit the Euclidean geometry).
On that graph, one axis stood for length and the other stood for height (depending on how you used it, of course, as graphing has other purposes). That's a 2 dimensional space.
To represent the third dimension, you add the Z axis.
If there's a Z axis, this quasiparticle can't exist. It only exists in the 2D space. It only exists on the X and Y axes.
It's a bit like the moononites from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Only even weirder than they are.
[–] BoraxTheFungarian ago (edited ago)
I took calculus in high school. I know what 2d is. I still don't grasp a 2d particle. Is it entirely theoretical, or what? Is it necessary. I clicked a few of the links but the info was a bit dense for me to understand what they're saying or why I should or anyone should care about it. What's the application?
[–] TheBuddha ago
From Wikipedia:
So, no - it's detected. However, the non-Abelian are just theorized. From Wikipedia:
I'm unsure of any practical use - but the observation/confirmation could lead to more confidence in the quantum mechanic models and help further the refinement of that field of study.