photino
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A photino is a hypothetical elementary particle required by theories of supersymmetry. It is associated with the photon, is thought to have mass, and interacts very weakly with ordinary matter. Photinos are postulated to be a constituent of the universe's dark matter. Supersymmetry, a concept in particle physics, proposes a symmetry between fermions and bosons. In this framework, known bosons like the photon are theorized to have fermionic partners, and the photino is the proposed supersymmetric partner to the photon.12
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…fermionic supersymmetric partners, called the photino and the gluino. There has been no experimental evidence that such “superparticles” exist. If they do indeed exist, their masses could be in the range of 50 to 1,000 times that of the proton.
Read More…fermionic supersymmetric partners, called the photino and the gluino. There has been no experimental evidence that such “superparticles” exist. If they do indeed exist, their masses could be in the range of 50 to 1,000 times that of the proton.
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subatomic particleTesting supersymmetry…half-integer spins, known as the photino, wino, zino, gluino, and gravitino, respectively. If they indeed exist, all these new supersymmetric particles must be heavy to have escaped detection so far.
Read More…half-integer spins, known as the photino, wino, zino, gluino, and gravitino, respectively. If they indeed exist, all these new supersymmetric particles must be heavy to have escaped detection so far.
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