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Higgs boson and quasiparticles
Do we know exactly the difference between particles and quasiparticles? Is Higgs boson a particle or a quasiparticle? I ask this because if I understood well, Higgs boson created by a spontaneaous ...
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In what environments can a dipolariton form?
In what environments can a dipolariton form? The article in Science in which it is introduced discusses it in the context of an optical cavity in a semiconductor. Can this quasiparticle occur ...
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what interactions would take place between a free proton and a dipolariton?
What interactions can be expected to take place between a free proton and a dipolariton, (a) at high energies and (b) at lower energies?
A dipolariton is a bosonic quasi-particle mentioned in a ...
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Are elementary particles actually more elementary than quasiparticles?
Quarks and leptons are considered elementary particles, while phonons, holes, and solitons are quasiparticles.
In light of emergent phenomena, such as fractionally charged particles in fractional ...
