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Goldstone boson
subject			fact

Goldstone boson	has spin 0
	has definition A massless spin-0 particle which arises whenever a (continuous) global symmetry is spontaneously broken.
	is a kind of hypothetical particle
	is a kind of boson
boson	has quantum behavior Bose-Einstein statistics
hypothetical particle	has acceptance status hypothetical
particle	obeys uncertainty principle
	has frequency inversely proportional to the wavelength
	has wavelength inversely proportional to its momentum
	has charge
	has mass
physical object	has location or center of gravity
	has angular momentum
	has velocity
	has momentum
	has temperature
	has volume
	has extent
	has material

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