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First glimpse of the orbiton

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Crystals are host to a variety of disturbances, which show up as waves or particles. Physicists think they may have seen a new type of disturbance called the orbiton.

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Figure 1: How electron energy levels are affected by their environment.
Figure 2: The shape of electron orbitals.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 11794-3800, New York, USA

    Philip B. Allen & Vasili Perebeinos

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Allen, P., Perebeinos, V. First glimpse of the orbiton. Nature 410, 155–158 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35065767

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