light sector
English
Etymology
Blend of light + dark sector. From not being part of the dark sector.
Noun
light sector (plural light sectors)
- (astrophysics, cosmology, astronomy, physics) The known universe; the part of the universe that is not part of the dark sector; the segment of the universe that is explained by the known laws of physics, and whose components (particles) are predicted by it. The portion of the universe that is not dark matter nor dark energy.
- The fraction of the universe that interacts with electromagnetism (ie. light).
Antonyms
- dark sector
Coordinate terms
- light
- electromagnetism
- Standard Model
- Einsteinian relativity
- general relativity
- theory of everything, TOE
- grand unified theory, GUT