boson

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B0408300 (bō′zŏn)n. Any of a class of particles, including photons, mesons, or alpha particles, that have integral spins and do not obey the exclusion principle, so that any number of identical particles may occupy the same quantum state.

[After Satyendra Nath Bose.]

bo·son′ic adj.

boson

(ˈbəʊzɒn) n (Atomic Physics) 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[C20: named after Satyendra Nath Bose; see -on]

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(ˈboʊ sɒn)

n. any of a class of elementary particles not subject to the exclusion principle that have spins of zero or an integral number. [1945–50; after S. N. Bose (1894–1974), Indian physicist]

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Noun

boson - any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosonsgauge boson - a particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particlesmeson, mesotron - an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0subatomic particle, particle - a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions

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see elementary particleselementary particles,
the most basic physical constituents of the universe. Basic Constituents of Matter

Molecules are built up from the atom, which is the basic unit of any chemical element. The atom in turn is made from the proton, neutron, and electron.
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class of statistics that applies to elementary particles called bosons, which include the photon, pion, and the W and Z particles. Bosons have integral values of the quantum mechanical property called spin and are "gregarious" in the sense that an
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Boson

bose particle, a particle with zero or integral spin. Bosons obey Bose-Einstein statistics (hence the designation of the particle). Bosons include light quanta, or photons (spin 1); quanta of the gravitational field (if such exist), or gravi-tons (spin 2); unstable elementary particles such as mesons and boson resonances; and also compound particles made up of an even number of fermions (particles of half-integral spin)—for example, atomic nuclei with an even total number of protons and neutrons (a deuteron, a ⁴He nucleus or alpha particle, and so on); and gas molecules. Bosons are also quasi-particles of integral (or zero) spin—for example, pho-nons in the solid state and in liquid ⁴He and excitons in semiconductors and dielectrics.

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boson

[′bō‚sän] (statistical mechanics) A particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics; includes photons, pi mesons, and all nuclei having an even number of particles and all particles with integer spin.

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noun any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle

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