LINK Quanta Magazine: ‘Milestone’ Evidence for Anyons, a Third Kingdom of Particles

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Words fail to express what a big deal this is to physics!!!!!!!!

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Answer 1

I think I understand how this is a big deal in physics.

I don't 'get' :

"In two dimensions, the loop cannot shrink, to a point so the particle is not as constrained"

. . . if the particle don't get 'stuck' in 3D why do they in 2D ?


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