pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson

noun

A light scalar particle that arises from the spontaneous breaking of a global continuous symmetry, but with an additional small explicit breaking of the symmetry that gives it a small but nonzero mass.

Similar
pNGB
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounpseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson (plural pseudo Nambu-Goldstone bosons)

plural pseudo Nambu-Goldstone bosons

  1. particlenatural sciencesA light scalar particle that arises from the spontaneous breaking of a global continuous symmetry, but with an additional small explicit breaking of the symmetry that gives it a small but nonzero mass.

    Synonyms: pNGB

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA light scalar particle that arises from the spontaneous breaking of a global continuous symmetry, but with an additional small explicit breaking of the symmetry that gives it a small but nonzero mass.

Similar
pNGB
Cite this entry
APA

pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudo%20Nambu-Goldstone%20boson

MLA

“pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudo%20Nambu-Goldstone%20boson. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudo%20Nambu-Goldstone%20boson.

Source: pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.