Physicists Create a Bizarre ‘Wigner Crystal’ Made Purely of Electrons

Re:Physicists Create a Bizarre ‘Wigner Crystal’ Made Purely ... by dgs_sgd on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:49PM (#28159289)

According to the article scientists have been trying to prove this structure for eight decades. Then two independent groups report having successfully done it in the same month! What are the odds?

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Re:Physicists Create a Bizarre ‘Wigner Crystal’ Made Purely ... by _Microft on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:51PM (#28159317)

There are quite a number of similar coincidences in the history of science. It seems to me that at some point the necessary knowledge or techniques are just there to make some discoveries almost inevitable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_discovery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiple_discoveries

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Re:Physicists Create a Bizarre ‘Wigner Crystal’ Made Purely ... by dgs_sgd on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:53PM (#28159330)

Yes, they probably relied on the same scientific breakthrough where it basically became a race for who could do it first.

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Re:Physicists Create a Bizarre ‘Wigner Crystal’ Made Purely ... by jbdistaken on Thursday August 12, 2021 @09:12PM (#28164101)

they aren't exactly independent. several authors are on both papers

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Re:Physicists Create a Bizarre ‘Wigner Crystal’ Made Purely ... by blueprint on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:00PM (#28160111)

Well, according to the Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect... more than you might expect.

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