GIM

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Initialism of the surnames of Sheldon Glashow, John Iliopoulos, and Luciano Maiani, who published on the topic in 1970.

Proper noun[edit]

GIM

  1. (particle physics, attributive) The mechanism through which flavour-changing neutral currents (FCNCs) are suppressed in loop diagrams.
    GIM mechanism
    GIM suppression