Such a symmetry associates any boson to a fermion (called
superpartner) with the same mass and internal quantum numbers and vice versa.
Supersymmetry's equations imply the existence of "
superpartner" particles heavier than particles now known: a force particle partner for every known matter particle, and a matter particle partner for every known force particle.
"This could be the sign of 'super symmetry', a theory which proposes there is a heavier
superpartner for every particle in the standard model."
Theoretical physicists view gravity as having
superpartner "gravitino," which carries its force throughout the world and Universe, electromagnetism the "photino", the weak nuclear force the "wino" and "zino", and the strong nuclear force the "gluino".
Every kind of particle thus has a supersymmetric counterpart, called its "
superpartner." The electron, for example, has as its partner the super-electron, just as the photon has its photino.
It will also stand a better chance of seeing still-theoretical particles predicted by supersymmetry, an extension of the standard model that suggests every particle has a heavier "
superpartner" that will show up only at high energies.
A device called the Large Hadron Collider being built in Switzerland might soon show evidence of something called a
superpartner, a new form of energy and matter predicted by string theory.
Every particle thus has a supersymmetric counterpart, called its "
superpartner." The electron's partner is the super-electron, and the photon's
superpartner is called the photino.
However, they think that some of its features can be supported by circumstantial evidence: extra dimensions (10 or 11),
superpartner particles, fluctuations in background radiation.
For two
superpartner Hamiltonians [H.sub.1] and [H.sub.2] where [a.sub.+][a.sub.-] = H - 1/2 = [H.sub.1] and [a.sub.-][a.sub.+] = H + 1/2 = [H.sub.2], he has demanded that [H.sub.2] = [b.sub.-][b.sub.+] and obtained the inverted product [b.sub.+][b.sub.-] as a certain new Hamiltonian:
Tanedo has spent much of his time in graduate school working on supersymmetry, a set of theories positing that every fundamental subatomic particle has a heavier sibling called a
superpartner.
Supersymmetry is the idea that every type of elementary particle has a "
superpartner" with a different intrinsic spin.