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Scientists Discover New Particle Category: One-Dimensional Anyons

2/19/2026

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Researchers from Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and University of Oklahoma discovered one-dimensional anyons.
They describe anyons as a new particle category between bosons and fermions.
One-dimensional movement limits enable these exchange statistics, opening new theoretical and experimental possibilities.
They developed a method to tune the exchange factor and published the results in Physical Review A.

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Story summary

Researchers from Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and University of Oklahoma discovered one-dimensional anyons.
They describe anyons as a new particle category between bosons and fermions.
One-dimensional movement limits enable these exchange statistics, opening new theoretical and experimental possibilities.
They developed a method to tune the exchange factor and published the results in Physical Review A.