Meanings
nounGoldstone boson (plural Goldstone bosons)
plural Goldstone bosons
- natural sciencesA spinless boson that necessarily appears in models exhibiting spontaneous breakdown of continuous symmetries.
Synonyms: Nambu-Goldstone boson
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA spinless boson that necessarily appears in models exhibiting spontaneous breakdown of continuous symmetries.
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Named after British theoretical physicist Jeffrey Goldstone.
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