sterile neutrino

English

Etymology

From sterile +‎ neutrino; from being a neutrino which is sterile, being non-interactive through the four forces of the Standard Model.

Noun

sterile neutrino (plural sterile neutrinos)

1. (particle physics) A type of neutrino (and potentially dark matter), that may be supermassive, which has right-handed chirality, and only interacts with other particles via gravity.

Synonyms

• right-handed neutrino
• inert neutrino

Antonyms

• sterile antineutrino, anti-sterile-neutrino
• inert antineutrino, anti-inert-neutrino
• left-handed anti-neutrino

Hypernyms

• neutrino
• dark matter

Coordinate terms

• WIMPzilla
• WIMP
• axion