Neutron Scattering Experiment (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Neutron Scattering Experiment

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During the neutron scattering experiment, the sample containing copper ions exhibited exotic quantum properties as certain quasiparticles spin in a wave-like configuration, eventually revealing the Higgs amplitude mode.

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Dept. of Energy

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