Boson
any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics: bosons have integral spins: 0, 1, 2, ….
Contemporary Examples
Give It Up for the Other Nobel Prize Winners Nina Strochlic October 11, 2013
Historical Examples
South Sea Tales Jack London
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.2/3, 1836-1840 Duchesse De Dino
A Handbook of the Cornish Language Henry Jenner
South Sea Tales Jack London
Wide Courses James Brendan Connolly
Wide Courses James Brendan Connolly
Wide Courses James Brendan Connolly
Withered Leaves from Memory’s Garland Abigail Stanley Hanna
noun
any of a group of elementary particles, such as a photon or pion, that has zero or integral spin and obeys the rules of Bose-Einstein statistics Compare fermion
n.
boson
(bō’sŏn)
Any of a class of elementary or composite particles, including the photon, pion, and gluon, that are not subject to the Pauli exclusion principle (that is, any two bosons can potentially be in the same quantum state). The value of the spin of a boson is always an integer. Mesons are bosons, as are the gauge bosons (the particles that mediate the fundamental forces). They are named after the physicist Satyendra Nath Bose. Compare fermion, See Note at elementary particle. See Table at subatomic particle.
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