> magnons are the elementary particles forming what scientists call “spin waves” Magnons are quasiparticles that represent changes in electron spin. Surprised

> magnons are the elementary particles forming what scientists call “spin waves” Magnons are quasiparticles that represent changes in electron spin. Surprised to see this in the official press release. The arrow analogy didn't help either. The abstract here might be more helpful: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.237201 https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.12...