Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 28 August 2026 · From issue 29

Multiband condensate of magnons in two dimensions

In a lab crystal, magnetic waves formed two joined collective states at once, not just one.

Joe Bailey, Pavlo Sukhachov et al.

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