Nanowerk  September 7, 2020 Researchers at Purdue University have shown that anyons exhibit fractional charge and fractional statistics that maintain a “memory” of their interactions with other quasiparticles by inducing quantum mechanical phase changes. They demonstrated this behavior by routing the electrons through a specific maze-like etched nanostructure made of gallium arsenide and aluminum gallium arsenide. The interferometer confined the electrons to move in a two-dimensional path. When the device was cooled to within one-hundredth of a degree from absolute zero and subjected to a powerful 9-Tesla magnetic field. the electrical resistance of the interferometer generated an interference pattern which […]