repulson

English

Noun

repulson (plural repulsons)

1. (physics) A repulsive singularity proposed in some forms of gauge theory
   • 2015, William Cottrell, James Hanson, Akikazu Hashimoto, “Dynamics of ${\cal {N=4}}$ supersymmetric field theories in 2+1 dimensions and their gravity dual”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     We find that the gravity duals of theories with $k<(N-M)$ contain enhancons even in situations where repulson singularities are absent.