A paraparticle is a subatomic particle described in a 2025 paper, which is neither a fermion nor a boson.[1] They behave according to the rules of parastatistics, first proposed in 1953 by Herbert S. Green,[2] hence the name "paraparticle" which is short for "parastatistical particle".[3]
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- DAVIDE CASTELVECCHI (January 13, 2025), "Exotic 'Paraparticles' That Defy Categorization May Exist in Many Dimensions", Scientific American
- Z. Wang; R. A. Hazzard (2025), "Particle exchange statistics beyond fermions and bosons", Nature, vol. 637, pp. 314–318, doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08262-7
- Joshua Hawkins (January 12, 2025). "'Impossible' particles may actually be real, according to these findings". BGR. Penske Media.
External links
[edit]- There's a third type of particle amd we never knew, Sabine Hossenfelder, January 21, 2025 https://youtube.com/video/0KdYYEMclYk
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