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Goldstone boson

massless boson that must be present in a quantum system with spontaneously broken symmetry
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Goldstone boson

Summary

Goldstone boson is a type of quantum particle[1]. It draws 136 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_quantum_particle category, ranking #40 of 125).[2]

Key Facts

  • Goldstone boson is credited with the discovery of Yoichiro Nambu[3].
  • Goldstone boson's instance of is recorded as type of quantum particle[4].
  • Jeffrey Goldstone is named after Goldstone boson[5].
  • Goldstone boson's subclass of is recorded as boson[6].
  • Goldstone boson's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Goldstone boson's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02y9f4[8].
  • Goldstone boson's significant event is recorded as theory[9].
  • Goldstone boson's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/goldstone-mode[10].
  • Goldstone boson's nLab ID is recorded as Goldstone boson[11].
  • Goldstone boson's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 151389596[12].
  • Goldstone boson's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C151389596[13].
  • Goldstone boson's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as mathematics/goldstone-boson[14].
  • Goldstone boson's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as mathematics/nambu-goldstone-boson[15].

Body

Works and Contributions

Goldstone boson is credited with the discovery of Yoichiro Nambu[3].

Why It Matters

Goldstone boson draws 136 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_quantum_particle category, ranking #40 of 125).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Yoichiro Nambu

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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