New 'Quasiparticles' Discovered
Monday, June 2, 2008 - 22:14
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists have demonstrated, for the first time, the existence of "quasiparticles" with the one quarter the charge of an electron. While charges with odd denominators have been seen, the new, quarter-charge quasiparticle is significant because it might form the basis of a novel type of quantum computer.