asymmetron

See also: Asymmetron

English

Etymology

From the neuter substantive form of Ancient Greek ἀσύμμετρος (asúmmetros, “asymmetrical”).

Noun

asymmetron (plural asymmetrons)

  1. (physics) A massive scalar field proposed as a form of dark matter
    • 2016, Fethi M. Ramazanoğlu, Frans Pretorius, “Spontaneous Scalarization with Massive Fields”, in arXiv‎:
      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.

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