Neutrons Zero in on the Elusive Magnetic Majorana Fermion (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Neutrons Zero in on the Elusive Magnetic Majorana Fermion

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As neutrons (blue line) scatter off the graphene-like honeycomb material, they produce a magnetic Majorana fermion (green wave) that moves through the material disrupting or breaking apart magnetic interactions between 'spinning' electrons.

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ORNL/Jill Hemman

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