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offshell

offshell adjective: that does not conform to classical physics.

Adjective

offshell (not comparable)

  1. That does not conform to classical physics.
    • Working at next-to-leading order in QCD we show that carefully selected ratios of offshell regions to onshell regions in the reconstructed top and antitop invariant mass spectra are, \emph{independently} of the coupling g#95;#123;tbW#125;, sensitive to the top-quark width.2015, Stefan Liebler, Gudrid Moortgat-Pick, Andrew S. Papanastasiou, “Probing the top-quark width through ratios of resonance contributions of e⁺e⁻→W⁺W⁻b̄b”, in arXiv

Forms of offshell

alternative formoff-shell

Questions about offshell

What does offshell mean?
Offshell means that does not conform to classical physics.
What part of speech is offshell?
Offshell is an adjective.

Words near offshell in the dictionary

  1. offsetted
  2. offsetter
  3. offsetters
  4. offsetting
  5. offsettings
  6. offshell
  7. offshoot
  8. offshooting
  9. offshootings
  10. offshoots
  11. offshorable

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