[Salamander]

*ping*

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Good Grief......here is the shocker:

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Along the way, the researchers made another possible discovery as significant as the QSL: they believe they’ve observed fractionalised quantum states.

Quantum states are generally assumed to exist only as whole numbers – after all, the basis of quantum physics is that the quantum is the smallest possible change in state that can exist.

[myself6]

[douginthearmy]

Once again quantum physicists proving that magic exists.

[aimhigh]

magnetism = crystallized gravity.

[bunkerhill7]

“Rather than settling into a stable state, as happens in ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic materials, the “spin moment” in a QSL is constantly changing.”

nothin new-
The 3rd copper atom is caught betwen the magnetic fields of the other two copper atoms- This effect can be duplicated by a 3rd grader with 3 iron magnets whereby the middle magnet will wobble forever because it can`t make up its mind which way to go,...Nothin` new-

[count-your-change]

Ah...magnetism is attractive...those clever folks!

[BenLurkin]

“QSL only exists in a type of crystal called a kagome lattice. In the material examined in the MIT research, Herbertsmithite (named after its discoverer), copper atoms lie at the corners of triangular structures. Two of the copper atoms are able to align their spins in an “up-down” arrangement – but the third copper atom can’t align with both the others, so it flips between up and down.”

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