English Explanatory Dictionary

bumblebee model

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An effective field theory describing a vector field with a vacuum expectation value that spontaneously breaks Lorentz symmetry.

Word forms

bumblebee model bumblebee models

Etymology

Coined by Kostelecký, in reference to the fact that bumblebees' ability to fly has sometimes been questioned on theoretical grounds, and yet they do fly successfully.

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