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Course: Breakthrough Junior Challenge > Unit 5
Lesson 1: 2021 Challenge - Finalist and popular vote top scorers- Bose Einstein Condensates: The Fifth State of Matter
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Bose Einstein Condensates: The Fifth State of Matter
Farid, Chile, Physics, Finalist, Popular Vote Top Scorer: 2021 Breakthrough Junior Challenge. Created by Khan Academy.
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1. When we say "state of matter," why do we only include atomic types of matter?
2. Would a supernova be considered a state of matter, since it is an enormous atom?
3. What are non-atomic massive particle formations called? One example is quark-gluon plasma.(7 votes)
For your 3rd question Non-atomic massive particle formations are generally referred to as "quasi-particles." Quasi-particles are collective excitations in a system that emerge due to interactions between the constituent particles. They behave like particles and carry properties such as mass and charge, but they are not fundamental particles themselves. Quark-gluon plasma is indeed an example of a quasi-particle formation, where quarks and gluons are liberated from their confined state inside atomic nuclei at extremely high temperatures or energy densities.(1 vote)