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Noun: dimensional transmutation
  1. (high energy physics) the appearance of exponentially lower energy scales via loop corrections to the potential; loop corrections involve a suppression factor c, and with the corrections there becomes a potential minimum at ~ exp(-1/c) times the renormalization scale

Derived forms: dimensional transmutations

Encyclopedia: Dimensional transmutation