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To: SonAboveAnItch
That "heavier electrons" line jumped out at me as well.

While it is true that "electrons are electrons are electrons", there is sometimes an interaction of an electron with a material that makes it act as a new kind of quasiparticle, like an electron with much greater mass.

The general subject matter is called "heavy fermions".

21 posted on 12/22/2016 9:35:27 AM PST by Yossarian
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To: Yossarian

Hmmm. Interesting.


23 posted on 12/22/2016 9:48:49 AM PST by Brilliant
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