Wigner crystal

短语

词形变化

Wigner crystals 复数 Wigner crystals

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A solid crystalline phase of electrons that forms when the electron density is sufficiently low.

    2013, Yehuda B. Band, Yshai Avishai, Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Nanotechnology and Information Science, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 816, 3D Wigner crystals have not been observed experimentally. In addition to the difficulties in achieving low density, a Wigner crystal, once created, is not stable against various perturbations.

词源

Named after Hungarian-American physicist, Eugene Wigner, who predicted the crystalline state in 1934.

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