spinon
Meanings
noun
- One of three kinds of quasiparticle (the others being the holon and orbiton) that electrons in solids are able to split into during the process of spin–charge separation, when extremely tightly confined at temperatures close to absolute zero.
Word forms
Etymology
From spin + -on.
Derived words
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