Anyons Found! Best Evidence Yet for these Long-Sought Quasi-Particles (IMAGE)

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Anyons Found! Best Evidence Yet for these Long-Sought Quasi-Particles

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Map of the conductance (color scale) versus magnetic field (B) and gate voltage in a 2D electronic device. Each dashed line denotes a jump in the phase of the quantum-mechanical wave of the system. This jump is the smoking gun for the presence of anyons.

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