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Phys.org is a dumpster fire, and the actual study is interesting. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6368/1314 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358
by QAPereo 9y ago
Phys.org is a dumpster fire, and the actual study is interesting.
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6368/1314 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6368/1314
Excitons—bound states of electrons and holes in solids—are expected to form a Bose condensate at sufficiently low temperatures. Excitonic condensation has been studied in systems such as quantum Hall bilayers where physical separation between electrons and holes enables a longer lifetime for their bound states. Kogar et al. observed excitons condensing in the three-dimensional semimetal 1T-TiSe2. In such systems, distinguishing exciton condensation from other types of order is tricky. To do so, the authors used momentum-resolved electron energy-loss spectroscopy, a technique developed to probe electronic collective excitations. The energy needed to excite an electronic mode became negligible at a finite momentum, signifying the formation of a condensate.
- bonzini 9y agoSo is it an insulator, a perfect conductor or a superfluid?...