Majorana Animation (VIDEO)

Princeton University

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Princeton University researchers first deposited iron atoms onto a lead surface to create an atomically thin wire. They then used their microscope to map a signal that indicates the presence of the particle, called a Majorana fermion.

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Ilya Dorzdov, Yazdani Lab, Princeton University

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