Home › Entities › general › anyon

anyon

type of particle that occurs only in two-dimensional systems
Thing general Q5528
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

anyon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,286 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: quasiparticle[2]
  • Commons category: Anyon[3]
  • Interaction: gravity[4]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/anyons[5], https://quantumcomputing.stackexchange.com/tags/anyons[6]
  • Named by: Frank Wilczek[7]

Why It Matters

anyon has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] anyon is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Frank Wilczek

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). anyon. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/anyon
MLA “anyon.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/anyon.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_anyon_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{anyon}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/anyon}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): anyon — https://4ort.xyz/entity/anyon (retrieved 2026-10-11)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/anyon · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Zhenqinli · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'nn', 'p
    Interaction → gravity
    Sitelink count → 18
    Named by → Frank Wilczek
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Encyclopedia of china (third edition) id: 298969, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/150660907|任意子 (#150660907)]] for {{P|10565}}"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.