The butterfly effect: A misaligned experiment accidentally unfolds quantum wings
A simple lab mistake revealed the elusive quantum butterfly, confirming a 50-year-old theory in an unexpected graphene experiment at Princeton.
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50 Years Later, Scientists Just Found a Quantum “Butterfly” Hiding in Graphene
In a discovery that brings a legendary quantum theory to life, physicists at Princeton University have directly observed Hofstadter’s butterfly — a fractal pattern in electron energy levels that was ...