axion
nounEtymology
Coined by American physicist Frank Wilczek in 1978 after Axion, a brand of laundry detergent, for its -on suffix and the notion that the new particle could "clean up" a problem in physics. Also with relation to the axial current.
Definitions
A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems…
A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force.
- Let us begin with a disclaimer: axions, a, have been conjectured to exist on theoretical grounds, but have not as yet been observed. They are supposed to be very light particles that interact very weakly with matter.
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