Good find Lou! Definitely beats paying the journal Nature for info which was funded by my tax dollars! -mark
-----Original Message----- From: pagnu...@htdconnect.com [mailto:pagnu...@htdconnect.com] Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 8:21 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:FYI: Electrons moving in certain solids can behave as if they are a thousand times more massive than free electrons. This is an interesting effect. I believe the full text (daunting reading) preprint is available at -- http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1206/1206.3145.pdf I am no expert on this, but my impression is that the heavy quasi-particles described only exist at relatively low energies, and probably dissipate quickly in high temperatures, and also are subject to dynamical constraints. I would be surprised if they could couple to a proton and form anything analogous to muonic hydrogen. -- Lou Pagnucco
