gluino, n. Particle Physics.
(gluːˈiːnəʊ)
[f. gluon n. + *-ino.]
The supersymmetric counterpart of a gluon, with a spin of ½ instead of 1.
| 1977 P. Fayet in Physics Lett. B. LXX. 464/1 R is..violated by gravitation..the magnitude of the violation is given by the gravitino mass; it may lead, later on, to masses for the photino and gluinos (spin ½ partners of the photon and gluons). 1986 Sci. Amer. June 49/1 Suppose a quark from one proton strikes a gluon from an antiproton and produces a squark and a gluino. |