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Putting quantum field theory to the test

MAR 22, 2010
Physics Today
Nature News : An obscure class of materials could be used to simulate a slew of exotic particles predicted by physicists University of Würzburg physicist Laurens Molenkamp has announced some preliminary results from using mercury telluride (HgTe) as a topological insulator to test quantum field theory .
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