anyon

Pronunciation: /ɛniɑn/

The English word “anyon” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

Any particle that obeys a continuum of quantum statistics, only two of which are the standard Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics.

Etymology

From any + -on, since they can have any phase when particles are interchanged. Coined by Frank Wilczek in 1982 in the journal Physical Review Letters.

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