supertwistor

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ twistor.

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Noun

supertwistor (plural supertwistors)

  1. (mathematics, physics) A supersymmetric extension of twistors, having n degrees of freedom (where n is the number of supersymmetries) in addition to those of a standard twistor.
    The superconformal algebra can be realized on supertwistor space.
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