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Is "quantum geometry" a common way to say "shape of the wave function" in solid-state physics? Here I was, thinking the article would be about a topic at the i

• gus_massa 2y ago
  "quamtum geometry" appears in the title of the article in Nature Physics, it's not an invention of the press article. (I've seen a lot of horrible titles in other press articles, but this is not the case.)
  • codethief 2y ago
    Yes, I noticed that. Hence my question :)
• stronglikedan 2y ago
  My take is that they have directly observed the quantum geometry of the physical electrons for the first time, and it matches the geometry theorized by the wave function. The shape of the wave function theoretically describes what we expect the physical geometry of the electrons to be in the quantum setting, and now they have been able to confirm that through direct observation. A small distinction, but a distinction nonetheless.