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boson
The Collaborative International Dictionary
boson \bo"son\ (b[=o]"z[o^]n), n. [From S. N. Bose, an Indian physicist.] (Physics) A fundamental particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistical rules, but not the Pauli exclusion principle; the spin value of a boson is always an integer. Examples of bosons are alpha particles, photons, and those nuclei which have an even mass number.
boson \bo"son\ (b[=o]"s'n), n.
See Boatswain. [Obs.] [Also spelled bosun.]
--Dryden.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
class of subatomic particles, named for Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894-1974) + subatomic particle suffix -on.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context particle English) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose–Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare (term fermion English). Etymology 2
n. (context obsolete English) A boatswain.
WordNet
n. any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons
Wikipedia
A boson is a particle that has integer spin.
Boson may also refer to:
- John Boson, a woodworker.
- John Boson (writer), a writer in the Cornish language.
- Nicholas Boson, a writer in Cornish.
- Thomas Boson, a writer in Cornish.
- Boso of Provence (Boson), 9th century
In quantum mechanics, a boson is a particle that follows Bose–Einstein statistics. Bosons make up one of the two classes of particles, the other being fermions. The name boson was coined by Paul Dirac to commemorate the contribution of the Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose in developing, with Einstein, Bose–Einstein statistics—which theorizes the characteristics of elementary particles. Examples of bosons include fundamental particles such as photons, gluons, and W and Z bosons (the four force-carrying gauge bosons of the Standard Model), the recently discovered Higgs boson, and the hypothetical graviton of quantum gravity; composite particles (e.g. mesons and stable nuclei of even mass number such as deuterium (with one proton and one neutron, mass number = 2), helium-4, or lead-208); and some quasiparticles (e.g. Cooper pairs, plasmons, and phonons).
An important characteristic of bosons is that their statistics do not restrict the number of them that occupy the same quantum state. This property is exemplified by helium-4 when it is cooled to become a superfluid. Unlike bosons, two identical fermions cannot occupy the same quantum space. Whereas the elementary particles that make up matter (i.e. leptons and quarks) are fermions, the elementary bosons are force carriers that function as the 'glue' holding matter together. This property holds for all particles with integer spin (s = 0, 1, 2 etc.) as a consequence of the spin–statistics theorem. When a gas of Bose particles is cooled down to temperatures very close to absolute zero then the kinetic energy of the particles decreases to a negligible amount and they condense into a lowest energy level state. This state is called Bose-Einstein condensation. It is believed that this property is the explanation of superfluidity.
Usage examples of "boson".
A Higgs boson is a theoretical particle that is named for the Scottish physicist Peter Higgs, who suggested it as a way to explain some phenomena in high energy and vacuum field physics.
What would happen if you made a Higgs boson the normal way is a brief flash of light, some secondary particles and then it would be gone.
Ray Chen, for example, had been a go-to man for gauge boson and multidimensional field equations but even he bowed his head a few times and consulted with a pure mathematician in Britain.
The Higgs boson had caused some sort of wormhole effect, either to another planet in this universe or to another universe.
That way we can figure out which way the boson is and move it around until we find it.
Rioters had trashed the physics department of the University of California, destroying hundreds of man-hours of work, some of it directly linked to boson research which might have helped fix the anomaly in Florida.
The area that the boson had generated on was an open field just up the road from Park, a natural depression, a shallow forty acre sinkhole, with a stream running through it.
The boson that we connected to was a remnant from when they had lived on that planet, raised their children, built their civilization.
Unless we have something to use great power, I think he means something like superconductors, that he is unaware of, there did not seem to be enough power available to create a single boson, much less many of them.
Tchar had spent most of the time, with Avery as an interpreter, discussing the formation of bosons and boson gates and their characteristics.
It does, however, I believe, relate to the physics of boson formation and gates.
The hysteria about the current boson formation which was being supported and exacerbated by religious leaders.
The track three boson had formed in the living room of a suburban home in Woodmere, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland.
After the danger of the boson became evident, the house, then the surrounding houses, then a good part of the town, had been evacuated.
Last, defensive positions had been scattered around the boson and units of the Ohio National Guard were established in the positions.