Quantum Twist: Electrons Mimic Presence of Magnetic Field
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 14:07
in Physics & Chemistry
An international team of scientists led by a Princeton University group recently discovered that on the surface of certain materials collective arrangements of electrons move in ways that mimic the presence of a magnetic field where none is present.
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