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Supersymmetry vs Superalgebra - What's the difference?

supersymmetry | superalgebra |

As nouns the difference between supersymmetry and superalgebra

is that supersymmetry is a theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces and which proposes a physical symmetry between bosons and fermions while superalgebra is a type of algebra used in supersymmetry.

supersymmetry

English

(wikipedia supersymmetry)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (physics) A theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces and which proposes a physical symmetry between bosons and fermions.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-22, author= Alok Jha
    • , volume=189, issue=24, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Stephen Hawking: physics would be 'more interesting' if Higgs boson hadn't been found , passage=Supersymmetry is the concept that known particles – such as electrons, quarks and photons – have a heavier and as-yet-undetected "superpartner".}}

    Synonyms

    * SUSY (abbreviation)

    superalgebra

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia superalgebra) (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A type of algebra used in supersymmetry.