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New form of matter - excitonium

December 11 , 2017 2539 days 1068 0
  • Scientists have proven the existence of new form of matter called Excitonium - which was first theorised almost 50 years ago.
  • There are five known phases of matter - solids, liquids, gases, plasma and Bose-Einstein condensates
  • Excitonium which exhibits phenomena like a superconductor is made up of particles known as excitons, which are made from an escaped electron.
  • The term ‘excitonium’ was coined in the 1960s by Harvard theoretical physicist Bert Halperin.

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