Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hypothetical boson having no charge or spin and small mass, proposed to explain the existence of certain symmetries of the strong nuclear force.
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- noun physics a
hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to explain somesymmetry problems arising in thestrong nuclear force .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This might be obstructed by something called the axion, which is a light particle-field which gives strong interactions CP physics similar to weak interactions.
Dark Matter Detector Heading to the ISS This Summer | Universe Today 2010
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The axion is a “pseudoscalar” (changes sign under parity), and couples to electromagnetism in a particular way, so that photons can convert into axions in a strong magnetic field.
Particle physics marches on Sean 2006
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The axion relevant to the strong CP problem has certain definite properties, but other similar spin-0 particles may exist that couple to photons in similar ways, and these are generically referred to as axion-like.
Particle physics marches on Sean 2006
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With its very small mass and lack of electric charge, the axion is a candidate for the mysterious dark matter particle.
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dailycomic Diary Entry dailycomic 2008
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If you doubt the truth of that, try explaining what it means to say that a neuron or axion "sees," "thinks" or has a "personality."
How it feels to have a stroke: "my consciousness soared into an all-knowingness, a 'being at one' with the universe..." Ann Althouse 2008
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By the end of the year, physicists at the DESY laboratory in Germany may have caught a glimpse of an exotic dark-matter particle known as an axion.
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PUMA - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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There is also the axion particle issue, putative small mass particles which “protect” QCD from CP violations.
A Dark, Misleading Force Sean 2007
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Sikivie explained in an interview that the axion would be something of a spiritual cousin to the photon, but with just a hint of mass.
Top Dark Matter Candidate Loses Ground to Tiniest Competitor Charlie Wood 2020
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However, the excess is most consistent with a signal from solar axions, a very light as-yet undetected particle, which is also a dark matter candidate.
Dark matter hunt yields unexplained signal Paul RinconScience editor, BBC News website 2020
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