[China Daily]Chinese physicists make quantum leap

23.06.2016  18:12

ChinesescientistshavesuccessfullyrevealedthemysteryoftheMajoranafermion,aspecialtypeofelementaryparticle,andtheirobservationsarelikelytotriggeranewroundofworktowardquantumcomputers. 

Inphysics,theelementaryparticleisbasic-thesmallestknownunitofmatter.Ingeneral,eachelementaryparticlehasitsownantiparticle. 

Overthepasteightdecades,particlephysicistsaroundtheworldhaveinvestedalotofenergyinanefforttoprovetheexistenceofaspecialtypeofelementaryparticle,theMajoranafermion,orMF,whichwassuggestedbyItalianscientistEttoreMajoranain1937. 

来源:China Daily 2016.06.23 

原文: Chinese physicists make quantum leap