Topological vacuum bubbles by anyon braiding

Cheolhee Han; Jinhong Park; Yuval Gefen; H.-S. Sim

doi:10.1038/ncomms11131

Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Topological vacuum bubbles by anyon braiding

Cheolhee Han,
Jinhong Park,
Yuval Gefen,
H.-S. Sim

Affiliations

Cheolhee Han: Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Jinhong Park: Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Yuval Gefen: Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
H.-S. Sim: Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11131
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Quantum vacuum fluctuations can create pairs of virtual particles that annihilate each other. Here, the authors show that the conventional theory that these particles have no measurable effect on real particles does not apply to anyons, exotic quasiparticles that are intermediate between fermions and bosons.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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