flavordynamics

English

Alternative forms

• flavourdynamics

Etymology

From flavor +‎ dynamics, by analogy with electrodynamics and chromodynamics.

Noun

flavordynamics (uncountable)

1. (physics, rare) The theory of the weak interaction in quantum physics.
   • 2010, Armin Wachter, Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, page 177:

     Toiday it is assumed that all three types of interactions can be described by quantum field theories: the electromagnetic interaction by quantum electrodynamics, the strong one by quantum chromodynamics, and the weak one by quantum flavordynamics.