First sighting of mysterious Majorana fermion on a common metal
Friday, April 10, 2020 - 17:10
in Physics & Chemistry
Physicists at MIT and elsewhere have observed evidence of Majorana fermions — particles that are theorized to also be their own antiparticle — on the surface of a common metal: gold. This is the first sighting of Majorana fermions on a platform that can potentially be scaled up. The results, published in the Proceedings of the […]