Timeline for Where does the prefix "super" from "supersymmetry" come from?
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| Sep 28, 2018 at 17:22 | answer | added | Geremia | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 27, 2018 at 9:31 | answer | added | sand1 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 26, 2018 at 22:35 | comment | added | paul garrett | Perhaps also as a version of symmetry which we no longer have, but in the very early universe, or in very extreme situations, is manifest. So super=beyond symmetry that we see know. As in "broken (super-?!?) symmetry" | |
| Sep 26, 2018 at 18:59 | history | edited | Mauro ALLEGRANZA |
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| Sep 26, 2018 at 18:58 | comment | added | Mauro ALLEGRANZA | super : from Latin super (“above”). Cognate to hyper, from Ancient Greek. | |
| Sep 26, 2018 at 18:41 | comment | added | anna v | From what I remember the super is used in the sense of "extra layer of symmetry". At that time symmetries were exploited as the standard model was being built up, so the super prefix was invented to describe an extra overlaying symmetry between bosons and fermions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersymmetry | |
| Sep 26, 2018 at 18:33 | history | migrated | from physics.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Sep 26, 2018 at 18:32 | comment | added | AWanderingMind | @ACuriousMind, I agree. | |
| Sep 26, 2018 at 18:30 | comment | added | ACuriousMind | If you are interested in the historical development rather than a "logical" reason (which may not even exist, cf. the naming of "quarks"), this question might be more appropriate for History of Science and Mathematics. If you agree, just reply to this comment and I'll migrate it. | |
| Sep 26, 2018 at 18:25 | history | asked | AWanderingMind | CC BY-SA 4.0 |