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Majorana particle glimpsed

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Majorana particle glimpsed
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RE: Majorana particle glimpsed
April 13, 2012 at 2:42 pm (This post was last modified: April 13, 2012 at 2:43 pm by Phil.)
A fermion is a particle. What we have here is...
BBC article Wrote:"The system is still built out of atoms, with nuclei and electrons, but the electrons behave together in such a way that their collective state is a Majorana fermion."

Seems to me this is another case of botched science reporting by a non-scientist.
(April 13, 2012 at 2:38 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I read this as "marijuana particle glimpsed". I need weed...

Wouldn't that be a bud?
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Majorana particle glimpsed

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Majorana particle glimpsed - by Welsh cake - April 13, 2012 at 2:32 pm
RE: Majorana particle glimpsed - by Tiberius - April 13, 2012 at 2:38 pm
RE: Majorana particle glimpsed - by Rayaan - April 13, 2012 at 2:51 pm
RE: Majorana particle glimpsed - by Phil - April 13, 2012 at 2:42 pm
RE: Majorana particle glimpsed - by Tiberius - April 13, 2012 at 2:47 pm
RE: Majorana particle glimpsed - by toro - April 14, 2012 at 12:55 pm

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