What does "radion" mean?

The radius modulus of an extra dimension in a compactification. Coined in 1998 by Nima Arkani-Hamed, Savas Dimopoulos, and John March-Russell in the paper "Stabilization of Sub-Millimeter Dimensions: The New Guise of the Hierarchy Problem".

What is a synonym for "radion"?

Common synonyms include: alpha particle, beta particle, meson.

Radion

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Noun

1
The radius modulus of an extra dimension in a compactification. Coined in 1998 by Nima Arkani-Hamed, Savas Dimopoulos, and John March-Russell in the paper "Stabilization of Sub-Millimeter Dimensions: The New Guise of the Hierarchy Problem".

Synonyms

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alpha particle beta particle meson

Etymology

From radius + -on.

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