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- noun physics The
quantum ofrotation in asuperfluid
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rotation + -on
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Lev D. Landau formulated fundamental concepts (e.g. the "Landau liquid") concerning many-body effects in condensed matter and applied them to the theory of liquid helium, explaining specific phenomena occuring in such as the superfluidity (see below), the "roton" excitations, and certain acoustic phenomena.
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Nitficiali fumitur, quas eft inffrnmentnm roton - au ad diftinAto - iip nem fpherae naturalis.
Adm. rev. p. F. Lucii Ferraris ... Prompta Bibliotheca canonica, juridica, moralis, theologica ... 1782
artoparts commented on the word roton
Quasiparticle in superfluid Helium-4.
November 11, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word roton
Or perhaps a proton that has relieved itself.
November 11, 2008
sionnach commented on the word roton
Again we are reminded of the importance of minding our p's and q's, even at the submolecular level.
Quentin the quakebuttocked uark.
November 11, 2008
artoparts commented on the word roton
See also phonon.
January 21, 2009