gaugino
Sign in to saveIn supersymmetry theories of particle physics, a gaugino is the hypothetical fermionic supersymmetric field quantum (superpartner) of a gauge field, as predicted by gauge theory combined with supersymmetry. All gauginos have a spin of , except for the gravitino, which has a spin of .
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In supersymmetry theories of particle physics, a gaugino is the hypothetical fermionic supersymmetric field quantum (superpartner) of a gauge field, as predicted by gauge theory combined with supersymmetry. All gauginos have a spin of , except for the gravitino, which has a spin of .
In the minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model the following gauginos exist: The gluino (symbol ) is the superpartner of the gluon, and hence carries color charge. The gravitino (symbol ) is the supersymmetric partner of the graviton. Three winos (symbol and W͂3) are the superpartners of the W bosons of the SU(2)L gauge fields. The bino is the superpartner of the U(1) gauge field corresponding to weak hypercharge.