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Axion

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The axion is a hypothetical elementary particle postulated by the Peccei–Quinn theory in 1977 to resolve the strong CP problem in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). [1]

67 relations: Anomalon, Anomaly (physics), Antonio Zarro, Atlanto-occipital dislocation, Axino, Axion (disambiguation), Axion Dark Matter Experiment, Baryon, CERN Axion Solar Telescope, Chameleon particle, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Clare Burrage, Cold dark matter, CP violation, Cryogenic particle detectors, CUORE, Dark matter, Dilaton, Electric dipole moment, Euler–Heisenberg Lagrangian, F-theory, Fast radio burst, Frank Wilczek, Glossary of physics, Helen Quinn, High Altitude Water Cherenkov Experiment, Higher-dimensional supergravity, Index of physics articles (A), Instanton, John Clarke (physicist), Kim Jihn-eui, Light dark matter, List of Korean inventions and discoveries, List of particles, List of solar telescopes, List of unsolved problems in physics, Luigi Di Lella, Matter, Michael Dine, Mikhail Shifman, Misalignment mechanism, Mixed dark matter, Peccei–Quinn theory, Physical cosmology, Pierre Sikivie, Piyare Jain, Primakoff effect, PVLAS, Raúl Rabadán, Saxion, ..., Scalar field dark matter, Scalar–tensor theory, Schwinger limit, Serpens, Solar telescope, String theory landscape, Strong CP problem, Superpartner, Timeline of the formation of the Universe, Two-photon physics, Weakly interacting massive particles, Willy Fischler, Wisp, Women in science, XENON, 2014 in science, 2016 Dakar Rally. Expand index (17 more) »

Anomalon

In physics, an anomalon is a hypothetical type of nuclear matter that shows an anomalously large reactive cross section.

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Anomaly (physics)

In quantum physics an anomaly or quantum anomaly is the failure of a symmetry of a theory's classical action to be a symmetry of any regularization of the full quantum theory.

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Antonio Zarro

Antonio Zarro (born August 17, 1961) is an Italian-American screenwriter, director and actor.

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Atlanto-occipital dislocation

Atlanto-occipital dislocation, orthopedic decapitation, or internal decapitation describes ligamentous separation of the spinal column from the skull base.

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Axino

The axino is a hypothetical elementary particle predicted by some theories of particle physics.

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Axion (disambiguation)

An Axion is a hypothetical elementary particle.

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Axion Dark Matter Experiment

The Axion Dark Matter Experiment (ADMX, also written as Axion Dark Matter eXperiment in the project's documentation) uses a resonant microwave cavity within a large superconducting magnet to search for cold dark matter axions in the local galactic dark matter halo.

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Baryon

A baryon is a composite subatomic particle made up of three quarks (a triquark, as distinct from mesons, which are composed of one quark and one antiquark).

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CERN Axion Solar Telescope

The CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) is an experiment in astroparticle physics to search for axions originating from the Sun.

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Chameleon particle

The chameleon is a hypothetical scalar particle that couples to matter more weakly than gravity, postulated as a dark energy candidate.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is an American cosmologist, science writer and equality activist based at the University of Washington.

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Clare Burrage

Clare Joanna Burrage is a British Particle Physicist at the University of Nottingham.

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Cold dark matter

In cosmology and physics, cold dark matter (CDM) is a hypothetical form of dark matter whose particles moved slowly compared to the speed of light (the cold in CDM) since the universe was approximately one year old (a time when the cosmic particle horizon contained the mass of one typical galaxy); and interact very weakly with ordinary matter and electromagnetic radiation (the dark in CDM).

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CP violation

In particle physics, CP violation is a violation of CP-symmetry (or charge conjugation parity symmetry): the combination of C-symmetry (charge conjugation symmetry) and P-symmetry (parity symmetry).

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Cryogenic particle detectors

Cryogenic particle detectors operate at very low temperature, typically only a few degrees above absolute zero.

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CUORE

The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE, pronounced) is a particle physics facility located underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Assergi, Italy.

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Dark matter

Dark matter is a theorized form of matter that is thought to account for approximately 80% of the matter in the universe, and about a quarter of its total energy density.

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Dilaton

In particle physics, the hypothetical dilaton particle, and scalar field, appears in theories with extra dimensions when the volume of the compactified dimensions varies.

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Electric dipole moment

The electric dipole moment is a measure of the separation of positive and negative electrical charges within a system, that is, a measure of the system's overall polarity.

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Euler–Heisenberg Lagrangian

In physics, the Euler–Heisenberg Lagrangian describes the non-linear dynamics of electromagnetic fields in vacuum.

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F-theory

F-theory is a branch of string theory developed by Cumrun Vafa.

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Fast radio burst

In radio astronomy, a fast radio burst (FRB) is a high-energy astrophysical phenomenon of unknown origin manifested as a transient radio pulse lasting a few milliseconds on average.

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Frank Wilczek

Frank Anthony Wilczek (born May 15, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician and a Nobel laureate.

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Glossary of physics

Most of the terms listed in Wikipedia glossaries are already defined and explained within Wikipedia itself.

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Helen Quinn

Helen Rhoda Arnold Quinn (born 19 May 1943 in Melbourne) is an Australian-born particle physicist and educator who has made major contributions to both fields.

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High Altitude Water Cherenkov Experiment

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov Experiment or High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (also known as HAWC) is a gamma-ray and cosmic ray observatory located on the flanks of the Sierra Negra volcano in the Mexican state of Puebla at an altitude of 4100 meters, at.

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Higher-dimensional supergravity

Higher-dimensional supergravity is the supersymmetric generalization of general relativity in higher dimensions.

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Index of physics articles (A)

The index of physics articles is split into multiple pages due to its size.

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Instanton

An instanton (or pseudoparticle) is a notion appearing in theoretical and mathematical physics.

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John Clarke (physicist)

John Clarke (born 10 February 1942) is an English physicist and a Professor of Experimental Physics at University of California at Berkeley.

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Kim Jihn-eui

Kim Jihn-eui (born July 30, 1946) is a South Korean theoretical physicist.

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Light dark matter

In astronomy and cosmology, light dark matter are dark matter weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPS) candidates with masses less than 1 GeV.

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List of Korean inventions and discoveries

This is a list of Korean inventions and discoveries.

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List of particles

This article includes a list of the different types of atomic- and sub-atomic particles found or hypothesized to exist in the whole of the universe categorized by type.

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List of solar telescopes

List of solar telescopes sorted by default by year of completion, with newer telescopes higher up.

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List of unsolved problems in physics

Some of the major unsolved problems in physics are theoretical, meaning that existing theories seem incapable of explaining a certain observed phenomenon or experimental result.

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Luigi Di Lella

Luigi Di Lella (born in Naples, 7 December 1937) is an Italian experimental particle physicist.

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Matter

In the classical physics observed in everyday life, matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume.

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Michael Dine

Michael Dine (born 12 August 1953, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American theoretical physicist, specializing in elementary particle physics, supersymmetry, string theory, and physics beyond the Standard Model.

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Mikhail Shifman

Mikhail "Misha" Arkadyevich Shifman (Михаи́л Арка́дьевич Ши́фман; born 4 April 1949) is a theoretical physicist (high energy physics), formerly at Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Ida Cohen Fine Professor of Theoretical Physics, William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Minnesota.

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Misalignment mechanism

The misalignment mechanism is a hypothesized effect in the Peccei–Quinn theory proposed solution to the strong-CP problem in quantum mechanics.

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Mixed dark matter

Mixed dark matter (MDM) is a theory of dark matter (DM) proposed during the late 1990s.

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Peccei–Quinn theory

In particle physics, the Peccei–Quinn theory is a well-known proposal for the resolution of the strong CP problem.

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Physical cosmology

Physical cosmology is the study of the largest-scale structures and dynamics of the Universe and is concerned with fundamental questions about its origin, structure, evolution, and ultimate fate.

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Pierre Sikivie

Pierre Sikivie (born 29 October 1949) is Distinguished Professor of Physics at University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.

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Piyare Jain

Professor Emeritus Piyare L. Jain is a particle physicist at University at Buffalo.

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Primakoff effect

The Primakoff effect, named after Henry Primakoff, is the resonant production of neutral pseudoscalar mesons by high-energy photons interacting with an atomic nucleus.

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PVLAS

PVLAS (Polarizzazione del Vuoto con LASer, "polarization of the vacuum with laser") aims to carry out a test of quantum electrodynamics and possibly detect dark matter at the Department of Physics and National Institute of Nuclear Physics in Ferrara, Italy.

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Raúl Rabadán

Raúl Rabadán is a Professor in the Department of Systems Biology and Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University.

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Saxion

The Saxion is the scalar superpartner of the axion, and part of a chiral superfield.

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Scalar field dark matter

In astrophysics and cosmology scalar field dark matter is a classical, minimally coupled, scalar field postulated to account for the inferred dark matter.

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Scalar–tensor theory

In theoretical physics, a scalar–tensor theory is a theory that includes both a scalar field and a tensor field to represent a certain interaction.

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Schwinger limit

In quantum electrodynamics (QED), the Schwinger limit is a scale above which the electromagnetic field is expected to become nonlinear.

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Serpens

Serpens ("the Serpent", Greek Ὄφις) is a constellation of the northern hemisphere.

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Solar telescope

A solar telescope is a special purpose telescope used to observe the Sun.

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String theory landscape

The string theory landscape refers to the collection of possible false vacua in string theory,The number of metastable vacua is not known exactly, but commonly quoted estimates are of the order 10500.

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Strong CP problem

In particle physics, the strong CP problem is the puzzling question of why quantum chromodynamics (QCD) does not seem to break CP-symmetry.

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Superpartner

In particle physics, a superpartner (also sparticle) is a hypothetical elementary particle.

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Timeline of the formation of the Universe

This is a timeline of the formation and subsequent evolution of the Universe from the Big Bang (13.799 ± 0.021 billion years ago) to the present day.

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Two-photon physics

Two-photon physics, also called gamma–gamma physics, is a branch of particle physics that describes the interactions between two photons.

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Weakly interacting massive particles

Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are hypothetical particles that are thought to constitute dark matter.

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Willy Fischler

Willy Fischler (born 1949 in Antwerpen, Belgium) is a theoretical physicist.

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Wisp

Wisp or WISP may refer to.

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Women in science

Women have made significant contributions to science from the earliest times.

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XENON

The XENON dark matter research project, operated at the Italian Gran Sasso National Laboratory, is a deep underground research facility featuring increasingly ambitious experiments aiming to detect dark matter particles.

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2014 in science

A number of significant scientific events occurred in 2014, including the first robotic landing on a comet and the first complete stem-cell-assisted recovery from paraplegia.

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2016 Dakar Rally

The 2016 Dakar Rally was the 38th edition of the event and the eighth successive year that the event was held in South America.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axion

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