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Debut of the quarter electron

Nature: A particle-like object with a quarter of an electron's charge is the latest find in a hotbed of quantum-physical experimentation, the fractional quantum Hall fluid. Its significance is more than esoteric.

Posted by Physics Today on April 18, 2008 9:22 AM |

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