asymmetron
See also: Asymmetron
English edit
Etymology edit
From the neuter substantive form of Ancient Greek ἀσύμμετρος (asúmmetros, “asymmetrical”).
Noun edit
asymmetron (plural asymmetrons)
- (physics) A massive scalar field proposed as a form of dark matter
- 2016, Fethi M. Ramazanoğlu, Frans Pretorius, “Spontaneous Scalarization with Massive Fields”, in arXiv[1]:
- Our model is formally similar to the asymmetron scenario recently introduced in application to cosmology, though here we are interested in consequences for neutron stars and thus consider a mass term that does not modify the geometry on cosmological scales.