Realization of cyons and anyons by atoms

TL;DR

This paper proposes theoretical methods to realize exotic particles called cyons and anyons using atoms with electric dipole moments, involving magnetic fields and potentials, and explores their electromagnetic duality.

Contribution

It introduces novel schemes to realize cyons and anyons with atoms, expanding the possibilities for studying these particles in laboratory settings.

Findings

Atoms can be engineered to behave as anyons at low kinetic energy.

Realization of cyons requires a magnetic-charged filament and atoms with electric dipole moments.

Realization of anyons involves harmonic potentials and magnetic charges, with atoms acting as anyons at near-zero kinetic energy.

Abstract

We propose theoretical schemes to realize the cyon and anyon by atoms which possess non-vanishing electric dipole moments. To realize a cyon, besides the atom, we need a magnetic field produced by a long magnetic-charged filament. To realize an anyon, however, apart from these we need a harmonic potential and an additional magnetic field produced by a uniformly distributed magnetic charges. We find that the atom will be an anyon when cooled down to the negligibly small kinetic energy limit. The relationship between our results and the previous ones is investigated from the electromagnetic duality.