Photino

Photino
Composition Elementary particle
Statistics Fermionic
Interactions Electromagnetic
Status Hypothetical
Symbol
γ͂
Electric charge 0 e
Spin 1/2

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 one of the candidates for 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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ STENGER, V. J. "Photinos from cosmic sources". Nature. nature.com. 317 (6036): 411–413. Bibcode:1985Natur.317..411S. doi:10.1038/317411a0. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Tracking down the missing mass". New Scientist (1490): 32. 9 January 1986. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  3. ↑ STENGER, V. J. (3 October 1985). "Photinos from cosmic sources". Nature. 317 (6036): 411–413. Bibcode:1985Natur.317..411S. doi:10.1038/317411a0. Retrieved 16 August 2016.


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