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supersymmetry

noun

Etymology

From super- + symmetry. In the modern physics sense, coined by Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam and American physicist John Strathdee in 1974 as super-symmetry, in a paper in Physics Letters B as a simplification of super-gauge symmetry used by Julius Wess and Bruno Zumino.

  1. derived from συμμετρία
  2. borrowed from symmetria
  3. prefixed as supersymmetry — “super + symmetry”

Definitions

  1. A theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces and which proposes a…

    A theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces and which proposes a physical symmetry between bosons and fermions.

    • We suggest therefore that the expression "super-symmetry" might be more appropriate for the global concept and reserve the word "gauge" for local symmetries.
    • Supersymmetry is the concept that known particles – such as electrons, quarks and photons – have a heavier and as-yet-undetected "superpartner".

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