Definition of SUPERSYMMETRY

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According to supersymmetry, every elementary quarticle has a mate in the opposite kingdom, its superpartner. — Quanta Magazine, "Inside the Knotty World of ‘Anyon’ Particles," 28 Feb. 2017 Take, for example, the research program on supersymmetry. — Philip Ball, WIRED, "Questioning Truth, Reality, and the Role of Scientific Progress," 2 June 2018 Unfortunately, results from the Large Hadron Collider have eliminated natural versions of supersymmetry. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Lost in Math," 29 Apr. 2018 The failure to find any of the phenomena predicted by Grand Unified Theories, supersymmetry and the like is not a reason to stop trying, through experiments both small and grand. — The Economist, "Lord of the ringsThe next super-collider should be built in China," 11 Jan. 2018 Many of their ideas for explaining them, such as Grand Unified Theories and supersymmetry, are now themselves several decades old. — The Economist, "Lord of the ringsThe next super-collider should be built in China," 11 Jan. 2018 Hence the unwillingness to give up on GUTs and supersymmetry. — The Economist, "Particle physicsFundamental physics is frustrating physicists," 13 Jan. 2018 Not everybody is ready to give up on supersymmetry or to pay off bets. — Dennis Overbye, New York Times, "Yearning for New Physics at CERN, in a Post-Higgs Way," 19 June 2017 What the world’s physicists have wanted for almost 30 years is any sign of phenomena called supersymmetry, which has hovered just out of reach like a golden apple, a promise of a hidden mathematical beauty at the core of reality. — Dennis Overbye, New York Times, "Yearning for New Physics at CERN, in a Post-Higgs Way," 19 June 2017

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