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Q-ball
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Pronunciation
en En-au-Q-ball.ogg AU
Etymology 1
From en mul Q Q1111 ball charge, coined by physicist Sidney Coleman.S. Coleman 1985 Q-Balls Nuclear Physics B 262 263 10.1016/0550-3213(85)90286-X 1985NuPhB.262..263C 2
In physics, charge is often represented by the letter Q, and the soliton is spherically symmetric.
Noun
A charged soliton that represents the lowest possible energy state of its components and is therefore stable.
en 2001 Q-ball collisions are studied numerically on a two dimensional lattice for a range of Q-ball charges. Q-ball Collisions in the MSSM Tuomas Multamäki 348 Strong and Electroweak Matter 2000
en 2008 If you're going to fly inside Mercury's orbit and hurl a bomb into the sun to burst its Q-ball (non-topological soliton) into pieces, I suggest that home may require a theoretical solution. Roger Ebert Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009 880
en 2009 A complex scalar theory in three dimensions with a cubic coupling can support classically stable, time-dependent, non-topological solutions to the equations of motion that carry a global charge Q, called Q-balls. 171 Specral Methods in Quantum Field Theory Noah Graham; Markus Quandt; Herbert Weigel
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Etymology 2
Noun
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en slang An illicit drug made up from quetiapine and cocaine.