anyon

Meaning

Noun

Any particle that obeys a continuum of quantum statistics, only two of which are the standard Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics.

Origin

From any + -on, since they can have any phase when particles are interchanged. in the journal Physical Review Letters.

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