Photino
A photino is a hypothetical subatomic particle, the fermion WIMP superpartner of the photon predicted by supersymmetry.[1] It is an example of a gaugino. Even though no photino has ever been observed so far, it is expected to be the lightest stable particle in the universe.[2] It is proposed that photinos are produced by sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.[3]
Photino numbers
Photinos have a lepton number 0, baryon number 0, and spin 1/2. With an R-parity of −1 it is a possible candidate for dark matter. It mixes with the superpartners of the Z boson (zino) and the neutral higgs (higgsino) to the neutralino.
References
- ↑ STENGER, V. J. "Photinos from cosmic sources". nature.com. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
- ↑ "Tracking down the missing mass". New Scientist (1490): 32. 9 January 1986. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ STENGER, V. J. (3 October 1985). "Photinos from cosmic sources". Nature. nature.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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