Q-ball

Meaning

Noun

• A charged soliton that represents the lowest possible energy state of its components and is therefore stable.
• An illicit drug made up from quetiapine and cocaine.

Origin

• Q + ball, coined by physicist Sidney Coleman.{{cite-journal
• |author=S. Coleman
• |year=1985
• |title=Q-Balls
• |journal=Nuclear Physics B
• |volume=262|page=263
• |doi=10.1016/0550-3213(85)90286-X
• |bibcode=1985NuPhB.262..263C
• In physics, charge is often represented by the letter Q, and the soliton is spherically symmetric.