Neutrons Detect Elusive Higgs Amplitude Mode in Quantum Material (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Neutrons Detect Elusive Higgs Amplitude Mode in Quantum Material

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The ORNL-led research team selected a crystal composed of copper bromide -- because the copper ion is ideal for studying exotic quantum effects -- to observe the elusive Higgs amplitude mode in two dimensions. The sample was examined using cold neutron triple-axis spectrometer beams for neutron scattering at the High Flux Isotope Reactor.

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Genevieve Martin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Dept. of Energy

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