bootstrap model
Any of a class of theories that use very general consistency criteria to determine the form of a quantum theory from some assumptions on the spectrum of particles.
Noun
- Any of a class of theories that use very general consistency criteria to determine the form of a quantum theory from some assumptions on the spectrum of particles.
Origin
See pull oneself up by one's bootstraps: particles were surmised to be held together by forces consisting of exchanges of the particles themselves.