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Goldstone boson

Goldstone boson noun: a spinless boson that necessarily appears in models exhibiting spontaneous breakdown of continuous symmetries.

Noun

Goldstone boson (plural Goldstone bosons)

  1. A spinless boson that necessarily appears in models exhibiting spontaneous breakdown of continuous symmetries.

Synonyms of Goldstone boson

Forms of Goldstone boson

pluralGoldstone bosons

Origin of Goldstone boson

Named after British theoretical physicist Jeffrey Goldstone.

Questions about Goldstone boson

What does Goldstone boson mean?
Goldstone boson means a spinless boson that necessarily appears in models exhibiting spontaneous breakdown of continuous symmetries.
What part of speech is Goldstone boson?
Goldstone boson is a noun.
What is the plural of Goldstone boson?
The plural of Goldstone boson is Goldstone bosons.

Words near Goldstone boson in the dictionary

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  3. goldstinos
  4. Goldston
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  6. Goldstone boson
  7. Goldstone bosons
  8. goldstones
  9. Goldstons
  10. goldstripe
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