Electron splitting into two new particles
The theoretically predicted possibility of electron splitting led to a ten-year research program, the end of which was the division of the electron into two subparticles: holon and spinon. And this became possible not even in the Zernovsky LHC, here the approach is completely different - low energies and very, very low temperatures.
But for me, as a television reporter, another problem arose: how can I make a report about the discovery of subatomic particles?
To do this, I took the graph, removed incomprehensible axes from it and highlighted the area in which the electron decays into two particles. I suppose these two lines can tell their own story, do you agree?
Here is the original picture:
Another question is how this discovery can affect our science. Some educated people may suggest that this may give a new impetus to the field of quantum computing. But what else?
Well, actually, I can say for now that we don’t have to wait too long to find out. Now the interval between a purely physical discovery and actual use is sharply narrowing. For example, we can recall the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics. The giant magnetoresistive effect sounds quite abstract, but it allowed a sharp increase in the density of hard drives. It is also used in iPod players (meaning a player with a hard disk), so you can call it the “Nobel Prize for iPod”.
So if people who discovered the electron would have to live 120 years in order to see the use of the discovery, then those scientists who discovered spinon and holon may well feel their use in life.
So wait and see.
Translation of the article on the BBC Splitting the electron
But for me, as a television reporter, another problem arose: how can I make a report about the discovery of subatomic particles?
To do this, I took the graph, removed incomprehensible axes from it and highlighted the area in which the electron decays into two particles. I suppose these two lines can tell their own story, do you agree?
Here is the original picture:
Another question is how this discovery can affect our science. Some educated people may suggest that this may give a new impetus to the field of quantum computing. But what else?
Well, actually, I can say for now that we don’t have to wait too long to find out. Now the interval between a purely physical discovery and actual use is sharply narrowing. For example, we can recall the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics. The giant magnetoresistive effect sounds quite abstract, but it allowed a sharp increase in the density of hard drives. It is also used in iPod players (meaning a player with a hard disk), so you can call it the “Nobel Prize for iPod”.
So if people who discovered the electron would have to live 120 years in order to see the use of the discovery, then those scientists who discovered spinon and holon may well feel their use in life.
So wait and see.
Translation of the article on the BBC Splitting the electron