Round 9: Tossup 1

A February 2025 Nature paper found that the parity of states named for this scientist at the opposite end of a 1DTS can be measured in a single shot using a stack of indium arsenide and aluminum. (15[1])Linking states named for this scientist in a 1D lattice and considering the nearest neighbor produces a Kitaev chain. Microsoft claims to have created topoconductors in their (15[1])new quantum computer named “[this scientist] (*) 1.” Setting the Dirac operator to be purely Hermitian in the Dirac equation produces a relativistic wave equation named for this scientist. Particles named for Fermi and this scientist are observed in bound states called “zero modes” and would have their existence confirmed by observing (10[1])neutrinoless double beta decay. For 10 points, what Italian physicist (10[1])names fermions that are their own antiparticle? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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