Higgsino

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The superpartner of the Higgs boson.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Higgsino.

Word forms

Higgsino Higgsinos

Etymology

From Higgs + -ino; named after British physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the Higgs particle, the normal particle counterpart to the Higgsino supersymmetric counterpart particle.

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