/ɛniɑn/
OriginFrom any + -on, since they can have any phase when particles are interchanged. Coined by Frank Wilczek in 1982 in the journal Physical Review Letters.
- Any particle that obeys a continuum of quantum statistics, only two of which are the standard Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics.
“The anyon concept has been used to describe phenomena in connection with the fractional quantum Hall effect (FOHE).”
Formsanyons(plural)