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boson (Definition)

Bosons are particles with integer spin, named after the Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose. They are described by Bose-Einstein statistics, meaning that two bosons can occupy the same quantum state.

List of bosons

  • Photon
  • W boson
  • Z boson
  • Higgs boson
  • Graviton
  • Gluon



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See Also: fermion, Pauli exclusion principle, Higgs boson simulation

Other names:  Bose particle

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This is version 4 of boson, born on 2008-03-25, modified 2008-03-26.
Object id is 274, canonical name is Boson.
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Physics Classification10. (THE PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS )

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