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This is a list of quasiparticles.
Quasiparticles
| Quasiparticle
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Signification
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| Bipolaron
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A bound pair of two polarons
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| Chargon
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A quasiparticle produced as a result of electron spin-charge separation
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| Composite fermion
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Bound state of an electron and magnetic flux quanta
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| Configuron
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An elementary configurational excitation in an amorphous material which involves breaking of a chemical bond
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| Electron quasiparticle
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An electron as affected by the other forces and interactions in the solid
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| Electron hole (hole)
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A lack of electron in a valence band
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| Exciton
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A bound state of an electron and a hole
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| Fracton
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A collective quantized vibration on a substrate with a fractal structure.
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| Holon
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A quasi-particle resulting as a result of electron spin-charge separation
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| Libron
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A quasiparticle associated with the librational motion of molecules in a molecular crystal.
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| Magnon
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A coherent excitation of electron spins in a material
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| Majorana fermion
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A quasiparticle equal to its own antiparticle, emerging as a midgap state in certain superconductors
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| Phason
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Vibrational modes in a quasicrystal associated with atomic rearrangements
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| Phonon
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Vibrational modes in a crystal lattice associated with atomic shifts
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| Plasmon
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A coherent excitation of a plasma
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| Polaron
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A moving charged quasiparticle that is surrounded by ions in a material
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| Polariton
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A mixture of photon with other quasiparticles
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| Roton
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Elementary excitation in superfluid Helium-4
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| Soliton
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A self-reinforcing solitary excitation wave
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| Spinon
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A quasiparticle produced as a result of electron spin-charge separation
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Quasiparticles
