bumblebee model
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by Kostelecký, in reference to the fact that bumblebees' ability to fly has sometimes been questioned on theoretical grounds, and yet they do fly successfully.
Noun[edit]
bumblebee model (plural bumblebee models)
- (quantum mechanics) An effective field theory describing a vector field with a vacuum expectation value that spontaneously breaks Lorentz symmetry.