Meanings
plural asymmetrons
- natural sciencesA massive scalar field proposed as a form of dark matter
Our model is formally similar to the asymmetron scenario recently introduced in application to cosmology, though here we are interested in consequences for neutron stars and thus consider a mass term that does not modify the geometry on cosmological scales.
2016, Fethi M. Ramazanoğlu, Frans Pretorius, “Spontaneous Scalarization with Massive Fields”, in arXiv
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀσύμμετρος“asymmetrical”
- Englishasymmetron
From the neuter substantive form of Ancient Greek ἀσύμμετρος (asúmmetros, “asymmetrical”).
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