supertwistor

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ twistor

Noun[edit]

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.