dark-zilla en · NOUN
Etymology
From dark + -zilla. From being the dark sector version of WIMPzilla. Coined by Katherine Freese and Martin Wolfgang Winkler in 2023.
Meanings
- Theoretical extremely massive dark matter particle, orders of magnitude greater than 10¹⁰ GeV (gigaelectronvolts), thought to be generated by a vacuum phase change event, where rapidly colliding collapsing bubbles of false vacuum generate the particles in energetic collisions.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| darkzilla | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dark-zillas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |