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Wigner crystals

Wigner crystals is the plural of Wigner crystal.

Meaning of Wigner crystal

Noun

Wigner crystal (plural Wigner crystals)

  1. (condensed matter physics) A solid crystalline phase of electrons that forms when the electron density is sufficiently low.
    • The Wigner crystal, or the electron crystal [Wigner (1934)], corresponds to the crystallization of the electron liquid, where the size of the packet that corresponds to the particle localization is smaller than the average distance between particles.2012, Janusz Jacak, Ryszard Gonczarek, Lucjan Jacak, Ireneus Jóźwiak, Application of Braid Groups in 2D Hall System Physics, World Scientific, page 46

Questions about Wigner crystals

What is Wigner crystals the plural of?
Wigner crystals is the plural of Wigner crystal.

Words near Wigner crystals in the dictionary

  1. Wignalls
  2. wignat
  3. wignats
  4. Wigner
  5. Wigner crystal
  6. Wigner crystals
  7. Wigner effect
  8. Wigner effects
  9. Wigner energies
  10. Wigner energy
  11. Wigner's friend

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