Physicists have found quasiparticles that mimic hypothetical dark matter axions
Electrons within a material work together to imitate the proposed fundamental particle
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Scientists have spotted a solid matter analog to hypothetical subatomic particles called axions. Within a crystal, a wave of varying density of electromagnetic charge forms. When that wave slides back and forth, it is mathematically equivalent to an axion.
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