This is a list of quasiparticles.
Quasiparticles
| Quasiparticle |
Signification |
| Bipolaron |
A bound pair of two polarons |
| Chargon |
A quasiparticle produced as a result of electron spin-charge separation |
| Configuron[1] |
An elementary configurational excitation in an amorphous material which involves breaking of a chemical bond |
| Electron quasiparticle |
An electron as affected by the other forces and interactions in the solid |
| Electron hole (hole) |
A lack of electron in a valence band |
| Exciton |
A bound state of an electron and a hole |
| Fracton |
A collective quantized vibration on a substrate with a fractal structure. |
| Holon |
A quasi-particle resulting from electron spin-charge separation |
| Magnon |
A coherent excitation of electron spins in a material |
| Majorana fermion |
A quasiparticle equal to its own antiparticle, emerging as a midgap state in certain superconductors |
| Orbiton[2] |
A quasiparticle resulting from electron spin-orbital separation |
| Phason |
Vibrational modes in a quasicrystal associated with atomic rearrangements |
| Phonon |
Vibrational modes in a crystal lattice associated with atomic shifts |
| Plasmaron |
A quasiparticle emerging from the coupling between a plasmon and a hole |
| Plasmon |
A coherent excitation of a plasma |
| Polaron |
A moving charged quasiparticle that is surrounded by ions in a material |
| Polariton |
A mixture of photon with other quasiparticles |
| Roton |
Elementary excitation in superfluid Helium-4 |
| Soliton |
A self-reinforcing solitary excitation wave |
| Spinon |
A quasiparticle produced as a result of electron spin-charge separation |
| Trion |
A coherent excitation of three quasiparticles (two holes and one electron or two electrons and one hole) |
References[edit]
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