PK Mukherjee

The name anyons may sound strange, or maybe somewhat annoying as well, as the nomenclature of a particle, more precisely a quasiparticle. However, of late, there has been a resurgence of interest in anyons because of their possible applications in quantum computers. First theoretically predicted during the 1970s, however, they were experimentally observed in 2020. Although anyons were first shown to exist in two dimensions in May 2025, but researchers at the University of Innsbruck observed anyons in a one-dimensional quantum system. In August 2025, scientists identified a new type of anyon known as “neglectons”.

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