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Physicists create strange new quantum state, the fractional Fermi sea

Original: Physicists create a bizarre new quantum state called a fractional fermi sea

Physicists report creating a new quantum state of matter dubbed a fractional Fermi sea. The state, described as bizarre, is said to depart from ordinary Fermi seas by accommodating fractionalized quantum behavior, offering a fresh platform for studying exotic phases of matter. Details of the experiment and its implications for condensed matter physics are drawing attention from the scientific community.

Why now: The announcement of a genuinely new quantum state of matter is a rare fundamental-physics result.

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