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quasiparticle

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Noun1.quasiparticle - a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle
quantum - (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
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00 Hardcover QC176 A polaron, first conceptually described in 1933, is a quasiparticle composed of an electron and its accompanying lattice polarization field, which can be understood as a cloud of phonons.
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