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- noun Plural form of
axion .
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Examples
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It might be little black holes, never-seen particles dubbed axions and WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles), or something not even a theorist has dreamed of.
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An exotic material mimics the dynamics of theoretical particles called axions that could account for dark matter
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Some solar flares may be caused by dark matter particles called axions spewing out from the centre of the Sun, new calculations suggest.
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The cyclic rhythm of sex hormone production in young women unsheath and resheath axions and retracts neurons.
T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details T.S. Wiley 2010
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Until we have definitive direct evidence of dark matter in the form of WIMPS, axions, etc. we should be a bit cautious about our interpretation of the indirect evidence.
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Freivogel combined the cosmological models of large-scale structure formation with the physics of axions to predict the most likely value for the ratio of dark matter to normal matter that would allow observers like us to emerge.
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Freivogel combined the cosmological models of large-scale structure formation with the physics of axions to predict the most likely value for the ratio of dark matter to normal matter that would allow observers like us to emerge.
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If anything, the history of particle physics teaches us that surprises abound: often, whenever a natural hypothesis prevailed (relatively heavy SUSY WIMPs or light axions in our case) incoming experimental data forced the community to regroup, rethink and come up with other explanations.
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They're happy to entertain the idea that most of the universe is not made of the same kind of atoms as those on Earth, and even give these particles whimsical names like axions and WIMPs.
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The rest must be exotic stuff that scientists have dubbed WIMPs and axions.
How It All Started 2008
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