[ExI] More on topological quantum computing

[Dylan Distasio]

Thanks for the update.  Best wishes on staying safe!

On Sep 7, 2017 8:25 AM, "John Clark" <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Aug 30, 2017  Dylan Distasio <interzone at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> ​John-
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>>> o you know if these folks are associated with Microsoft's efforts in
>>> this space?
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>> As far as I know they are not,
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> It turns out I was wrong they ARE connected with Microsoft, they are all
> part of
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> Microsoft's
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> Q Station project.
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> Yesterday they published a new paper in
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> Nature Communications
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> with more proof that they have indeed found
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> Majorana fermions, the spin of their quasiparticle
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> is the opposite of
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> its momentum in a
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> magnetic field, and that is pretty much the smoking gun for a Majorana
> fermion.
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> ​By the way I may be offline for a while, Hurricane ​Irma and its 180 mph
> winds seems to be heading more or less strait for me.
>
> John K Clark
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