How to pronounce the names of supersymmetric partner particles of fermions
The names of supersymmetric partner particles of fermions are formed by s- + the name of the normal particle. E.g.:
- sparticle
- sfermion
- squark
- sup
- sdown
- scharm
- sstrange
- stop
- sbottom
- slepton
- selectron
- selectron sneutrino
- smuon
- smuon neutrino
- stau
- stau sneutrino
- squark
- sfermion
(The names of superpartners of bosons are formed differently, by changing -on to -ino, e.g., gluino.)
I couldn't find any information online on how to pronounce these words. Would you pronounce "sfermion" (for instance) as /ˈɛs ˈfɝːmiɑn/ or /ˈsfɝːmiɑn/ or something else?
Solution 1:
As I have heard these pronounced, one says "Es" and then the following particle name, Es Fermion.
On a side note, the "on" receives the same pronunciation as the "on" in "proton."