How to Use quasiparticle in a Sentence
quasiparticle
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There is no better demonstration of that than the world of quasiparticles.
—Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2018
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From quasiparticle to qubit On their own, the Majorana zero modes aren't usable as qubits.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2022
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That the two halves of an MZM quasiparticle can fuse into nothing — an empty vacuum — accounts for their name.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2021
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One possibility is a type of neutral quasiparticle known as a spinon, which carries spin and not charge.
—Maggie McKee, WIRED, 24 June 2016
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The most prominent quasiparticle is probably the Cooper pair, in which two electrons are paired in a way that alters their behavior.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2022
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Meanwhile in the lab, as physicists push novel materials to new extremes, the quasiparticle zoo has grown quickly and become more and more exotic.
—Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2021
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Possibly yes, according to a new study, if a new kind of quasiparticle could effectively be harnessed to make a practicable heat switch.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2023
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But a new development harnesses a long-elusive quasiparticle whose behaviors might be bent to suit the most pressing needs of the perpetually finicky qubit.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2023
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Sound is a mechanical oscillation made up of quasiparticles known as phonons.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 June 2019
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And now that two separate groups have created the quasiparticles in the wild, each team is eager to develop its own suite of quantum computational tools around these new quasiparticles.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2023
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The Department of Energy explained that braiding involves one quasiparticle looping around the other.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 10 May 2023
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These quasiparticles are capable of ballistic, or scatter-free, flow.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Nov. 2023
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Now the scientists have discovered the first experimental evidence the ferron exists, and that this quasiparticle can indeed carry heat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2023
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The quasiparticles produced here, called Majorana fermions, are their own antimatter.
—Shannon Palus, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2016
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Electron-like quasiparticles became the standard way of understanding metals.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 27 Nov. 2023
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In solid materials, these vibrations travel as quasiparticles known as phonons.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Sep. 2023
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Wilczek has previously coined terms like axions, anyons (quasiparticles that may be useful for quantum computing) and time crystals (structures that move in regular and repeating patterns without using energy).
—Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2018
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The quasiparticles, a concept the Department of Energy says helps scientists describe the patterns that emerge when subatomic particles interact in huge numbers, are collective excitations of many electrons in solid devices.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 10 May 2023
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Light in these materials is so strongly linked to material vibrations that the two form a single quasiparticle—a polariton—in which light and matter are strongly intertwined, offering an exciting platform for quantum technologies.
—Andrea Alù, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2022
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As a quasiparticle in a topological superconductor, the Majorana would have superpowers useful for quantum computing.
—Devin Powell, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2019
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Similar quasiparticles known as magnons can influence magnetic poles in magnetic materials.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2023
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Another quasiparticle could help Microsoft get closer to its quantum computer, along with an even newer topological material: the topological superconductor.
—Devin Powell, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2019
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