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noun
A light scalar particle that arises from the spontaneous breaking of a global continuous symmetry, but with an additional small explicit breaking of the symmetry that gives it a small but nonzero mass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: particle
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: pNGB
Antonyms: none provided
History
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