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In solid state physics emergent particles are very common.

  1. How one determines if they are gap-less excitations?

  2. Do the defects in spin ice called magnetic monopoles have mass?

  3. What is the mass of emergent particles in the fractional quantum hall effect (FQHE)?

I am not looking for a deep theory, just the general picture.

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