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instanton

noun

Etymology

From instant + -on.

  1. derived from instans
  2. inherited from instant
  3. borrowed from instant
  4. suffixed as instanton — “instant + on”

Definitions

  1. A solution to the imaginary time nonlinear field equation of Yang-Mills theory

    A solution to the imaginary time nonlinear field equation of Yang-Mills theory; carries information about quantum tunnelling.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for instanton. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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