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  • noun Plural form of sparticle.

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  • Best Case: Scientists detect certain types of supersymmetric particles, aka sparticles, which physicist Michio Kaku calls, "signals from the 11th dimension."

    Latest Articles 2008

  • And this summer, we hope to fire up the Large Hadron Collider outside Geneva, Switzerland, which may produce a variety of particles predicted by string theory, such as sparticles (super particles) and mini-black holes.

    INTERVIEW: Dr. Michio Kaku 2008

  • The LHC might find something called "sparticles," or super particles, which represent higher vibrations of the string.

    Don't Buy Into The Supercollider Hype 2008

  • Or is it theorized that sparticles might make up some of the dark matter that exists? is all dark matter classified as WIMPS?

    Dark Matter Can Enlighten Minds 2008

  • Or is it theorized that sparticles might make up some of the dark matter that exists?

    Dark Matter Can Enlighten Minds 2008

  • Its extensions, such as the Minimal Supersymmetry Models, predict the existence of sparticles, supersymmetric partners of the familiar particles.

    Dark Matter Can Enlighten Minds 2008

  • When Cern opens for business in two years' time, Kaku expects physicists to find evidence of sparticles - higher vibrations of the superstring, echoes from the 11th dimension.

    Michio Kaku: Mr Parallel Universe William Harryman 2009

  • Not to boast, but my PHLOGISTON theory includes a super-partner, SPHLOGISTON, whereby sparticles may combust in compactified dimensions.

    Making Extra Dimensions Disappear Sean 2009

  • What about the more likely scenario that the LHC finds neither gluinos, squarks nor any other sparticles at all?

    String Theory is Losing the Public Debate Sean 2007

  • Maybe “We have fixed by hand m_3/2 = 1100 GeV and other 26 free parameters such that sparticles are within the reach of LHC” is a more precise summary of what you did?

    String Theory is Losing the Public Debate Sean 2007

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