SUPERSYMMETRY

Supersymmetry

In particle physics, supersymmetry is a proposed extension of spacetime symmetry that relates two basic classes of elementary particles: bosons, which have an integer-valued spin, and fermions, which have a half-integer spin. Each particle from one group is associated with a particle from the other, called its superpartner, whose spin differs by a half-integer. In a theory with unbroken supersymmetry each pair of superpartners shares the same mass and internal quantum numbers besides spin, but since no superpartners have been observed yet, supersymmetry must be a spontaneously broken symmetry. The failure of the Large Hadron Collider to find evidence for ...

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supersymmetry

Noun

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


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