orbiton
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orbiton (plural orbitons)
- (physics) A quasiparticle, corresponding to the orbital energy of an electron, which can result from an electron apparently ‘splitting’ under certain conditions.
- 2012, BBC News online, 18 Apr 2012:
- Two such quasi-particles had been seen before, but a team reporting in Nature has now confirmed a third: the orbiton.
- 2012, BBC News online, 18 Apr 2012:
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quasiparticle
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orbiton
- accusative singular of orbito