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axion [′ak·se‚än] (particle physics) A hypothetical neutral pseudoscalar boson with mass roughly of order 100 keV to 1 MeV, postulated to preserve the parity and time-reversal invariance of strong interactions, despite the effects of instantons. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Caine Gayle untied his Axions for a new gig over at the bio-tech Genetics/Airwalk camp, where sorted Raelians and star child Eve were both anxiously awaiting his arrival. Most are as exotic as the names their inventors have given them: massive compact halo objects (MACHOs), weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), axions, neutralinos, and wimpzillas. The rest of dark matter probably consists of exotic particles with strange sounding names like axions, wimps and neutrinos. |
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