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Meaning of higgsino in English:

higgsino

Pronunciation /hɪɡˈziːnəʊ/

noun

Physics

  • A hypothetical particle which is the supersymmetric fermion counterpart of a Higgs boson, with spin ½ instead of 0.

Origin

1980s; earliest use found in Physics Letters. From the name of Peter Ware Higgs + -ino.