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Magnon

There is a place named Magnon (pronunciation: ma-nyon) in Gabon, see Magnon, Gabon


A magnon is a collective excitation of the electrons' spin structure in a crystal lattice. This is contrast to phonons which is a collective excitation of the crystal lattice atoms or ions. Polarons are another important category of collective excitations.



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