For the first time, scientists have experimentally confirmed that electrons can form tornado-like structures in momentum ...

Scientists observed electron swirls in tantalum arsenide, revealing quantum vortex structures in momentum space.

Quantum tornado in momentum space: Electrons form vortices in the quantum material tantalum arsenide (TaAs). Momentum space ...

angular momentum, torque and static equilibrium; gravitation and planetary orbits; wave motion, transverse and longitudinal, standing waves. Co-Reqs: MATH 1310 &PHYS 1610L;Anti-Req:Students only can ...

The team hopes that the vortex-like behavior of electrons in momentum space could pave the way for new quantum technologies, such as orbitronics, which would use electrons’ orbital torque to transmit ...