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ghost condensate

ghost condensate noun: the proposed situation in which a ghost (an excitation of a field with a wrong sign of the kinetic term) acquires a vacuum expectation value, spontaneously breaking Lorentz invariance.

Noun

ghost condensate (plural ghost condensates)

  1. (particle) The proposed situation in which a ghost (an excitation of a field with a wrong sign of the kinetic term) acquires a vacuum expectation value, spontaneously breaking Lorentz invariance.

Forms of ghost condensate

pluralghost condensates

Questions about ghost condensate

What does ghost condensate mean?
Ghost condensate means the proposed situation in which a ghost (an excitation of a field with a wrong sign of the kinetic term) acquires a vacuum expectation value, spontaneously breaking Lorentz invariance.
What part of speech is ghost condensate?
Ghost condensate is a noun.
What is the plural of ghost condensate?
The plural of ghost condensate is ghost condensates.

Words near ghost condensate in the dictionary

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  8. ghost corridor
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  10. ghost crab
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