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The Jordan-Wigner transformation relates different operators acting on these particles. Fu and Kane predicted the formation of a form of these particles in topological insulators. Jainendra Jain used the fractional quantum Hall effect to postulate the existence of the composite form of these (15[1])particles. The relativistic effects between these particles are considered in the Weyl equation. The creation and annihilation operators acting on these particles are related by an (*) anticommutator. (10[1])A normalization factor of one over root n-factorial is multiplied by the Slater determinant to analyze the wavefunction of a system of these particles. The Pauli exclusion (10[1])principle states that two (10[1])or more of these particles (10[1])can not occupy the same state when identical. For 10 points, name these spin-half particles. ■END■

ANSWER: fermions [accept Majorana fermions, accept Dirac fermions, accept composite fermions; prompt on electrons; prompt on leptons]
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