Exotic quantum crystal discovered
<p><span class="date">ScienceDaily (Aug. 10, 2011)</span> ? Nature knows two opposite types of solids: one that emerges upon compression from a liquid and a second that appears if the pressure on a liquid is reduced. While the former is typical for substances in our everyday life the latter occurs for example in a dense quantum liquid of electrons (such as in metals) or ions (in exotic white dwarf or neutron stars).</p> <p>Now it has been shown that there exists yet a third form of matter that inherits both of these properties. This unusual behaviour has been predicted to exist in crystals of excitons — hydrogen atom-like bound states of electrons and holes — in a semiconductor quantum well placed in a strong electric field.</p> <p>A team from Kiel University (Germany) consisting of Dr. Jens B?nning, Privatdozent Alexei Filinov and Prof. Michael Bonitz has performed extensive accurate computer simulations that shed light on the mysterious properties of this material.</p> <p>The results
Exotic quantum crystal discovered <p><span class="date">ScienceDaily (Aug. 10, 2011)</span> ? Nature knows two opposite types of solids: one that emerges upon compression from a liquid and a second that appears if the pressure on a liquid is reduced. While the former is typical for substances in our everyday life the latter occurs for example in a dense quantum liquid of electrons (such as in metals) or ions (in exotic white dwarf or neutron stars).</p> <p>Now it has been shown that there exists yet a third form of matter that inherits both of these properties. This unusual behaviour has been predicted to exist in crystals of excitons — hydrogen atom-like bound states of electrons and holes — in a semiconductor quantum well placed in a strong electric field.</p> <p>A team from Kiel University (Germany) consisting of Dr. Jens B?nning, Privatdozent Alexei Filinov and Prof. Michael Bonitz has performed extensive accurate computer simulations that shed light on the mysterious properties of this material.</p> <p>The results
Exotic quantum crystal discovered <p><span class="date">ScienceDaily (Aug. 10, 2011)</span> ? Nature knows two opposite types of solids: one that emerges upon compression from a liquid and a second that appears if the pressure on a liquid is reduced. While the former is typical for substances in our everyday life the latter occurs for example in a dense quantum liquid of electrons (such as in metals) or ions (in exotic white dwarf or neutron stars).</p> <p>Now it has been shown that there exists yet a third form of matter that inherits both of these properties. This unusual behaviour has been predicted to exist in crystals of excitons — hydrogen atom-like bound states of electrons and holes — in a semiconductor quantum well placed in a strong electric field.</p> <p>A team from Kiel University (Germany) consisting of Dr. Jens B?nning, Privatdozent Alexei Filinov and Prof. Michael Bonitz has performed extensive accurate computer simulations that shed light on the mysterious properties of this material.</p> <p>The results
Exotic quantum crystal discovered <p><span class="date">ScienceDaily (Aug. 10, 2011)</span> ? Nature knows two opposite types of solids: one that emerges upon compression from a liquid and a second that appears if the pressure on a liquid is reduced. While the former is typical for substances in our everyday life the latter occurs for example in a dense quantum liquid of electrons (such as in metals) or ions (in exotic white dwarf or neutron stars).</p> <p>Now it has been shown that there exists yet a third form of matter that inherits both of these properties. This unusual behaviour has been predicted to exist in crystals of excitons — hydrogen atom-like bound states of electrons and holes — in a semiconductor quantum well placed in a strong electric field.</p> <p>A team from Kiel University (Germany) consisting of Dr. Jens B?nning, Privatdozent Alexei Filinov and Prof. Michael Bonitz has performed extensive accurate computer simulations that shed light on the mysterious properties of this material.</p> <p>The results
Exotic quantum crystal discovered <p><span class="date">ScienceDaily (Aug. 10, 2011)</span> ? Nature knows two opposite types of solids: one that emerges upon compression from a liquid and a second that appears if the pressure on a liquid is reduced. While the former is typical for substances in our everyday life the latter occurs for example in a dense quantum liquid of electrons (such as in metals) or ions (in exotic white dwarf or neutron stars).</p> <p>Now it has been shown that there exists yet a third form of matter that inherits both of these properties. This unusual behaviour has been predicted to exist in crystals of excitons — hydrogen atom-like bound states of electrons and holes — in a semiconductor quantum well placed in a strong electric field.</p> <p>A team from Kiel University (Germany) consisting of Dr. Jens B?nning, Privatdozent Alexei Filinov and Prof. Michael Bonitz has performed extensive accurate computer simulations that shed light on the mysterious properties of this material.</p> <p>The results
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