[HN Gopher] 'Paraparticles' Would Be a Third Kingdom of Quantum ...
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       'Paraparticles' Would Be a Third Kingdom of Quantum Particle
        
       Author : rbanffy
       Score  : 39 points
       Date   : 2025-04-12 16:29 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | munchler wrote:
       | > If paraparticles exist, they'll most likely be emergent
       | particles, called quasiparticles
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       | So are these just a new flavor of quasiparticle, like an electron
       | "hole", or are they possibly real particles? The article seems
       | contradictory.
        
         | jfengel wrote:
         | They can definitely arise as quasi particles.
         | 
         | It's not impossible that there could also be fundamental
         | particles with this property. It would require some new
         | symmetry to be found, for which there is currently no evidence,
         | but it might be found be reconsidering existing data.
        
       | programjames wrote:
       | Here's a link to the paper:
       | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08262-7
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       | I really wish they tied this into representation theory, because
       | it _looks_ like the R-tensors are similar to representations of
       | the permutation group, but I don 't see exactly how to write them
       | in terms of representations.
        
       | wizardforhire wrote:
       | Convergence strikes again!
       | 
       | It'll be super interesting to follow the developments with this
       | one.
        
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