Monday, June 18, 2012

Theory Explains the Quantum Weirdness of Exotic Materials | Wired Science | Wired.com

Theory Explains the Quantum Weirdness of Exotic Materials | Wired Science | Wired.com: Physicists have now developed a mathematical theory that describes how collective quantum mechanical weirdness leads to the strange properties of these materials. While previous work has focused on each individual system, the new theory unites the behavior for many materials, including magnets, superfluids, and neutron star matter...
Murayama and his graduate student, Haruki Watanabe, showed that the behavior of these materials hinges on a phenomenon known as spontaneous symmetry breaking...

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