Using a light-based technique called pump-probe spectroscopy, the researchers created and probed the behaviors of the excitons in their system – the electrons from the tungsten disulfide and the 'holes' from the tungsten diselenide.
Could be made up and I wouldn't know the difference.
It's crazy though how they're discovering a new material and matter state.
Idk, if this is helpful for you now, but getting acquainted with the idea of quantum quasi-particles should help make it a little more intelligible.
I linked a PBS spacetime video on this topic a couple weeks ago. Personal opinion but I found it much more accessible than the Wikipedia article.
I'm always good with PBS SpaceTime being recommended as a spring board! It's probably my favorite current pop-sci avenue for physics and cosmology out there
This feels very similar to the magic angle twisted bilayer graphene research that's been going on for a while now. The fact that the bosonic excitons "crystallize" is fascinating, and feels really weird and unexpected for bosons. I have no real idea what the implications of that are though.
Could be made up and I wouldn't know the difference.
It's crazy though how they're discovering a new material and matter state.
Idk, if this is helpful for you now, but getting acquainted with the idea of quantum quasi-particles should help make it a little more intelligible.
I linked a PBS spacetime video on this topic a couple weeks ago. Personal opinion but I found it much more accessible than the Wikipedia article.
I'm always good with PBS SpaceTime being recommended as a spring board! It's probably my favorite current pop-sci avenue for physics and cosmology out there
This feels very similar to the magic angle twisted bilayer graphene research that's been going on for a while now. The fact that the bosonic excitons "crystallize" is fascinating, and feels really weird and unexpected for bosons. I have no real idea what the implications of that are though.