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bosonIn physics, an elementary particle whose spin can only take values that are whole numbers or zero. Bosons may be classified as gauge bosons (carriers of the four fundamental forces) or mesons. All elementary particles are either bosons or fermions. Unlike fermions, more than one boson in a system (such as an atom) can possess the same energy state. That is, they do not obey the Pauli exclusion principle. When developed mathematically, this statement is known as the Bose-Einstein law, after its discoverers Indian physicist Satyendra Bose and Albert Einstein. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| TWO'S A CROWD Despite its endless variety, matter actually contains only two kinds of building blocks: bosons and fermions. I go all the way out and then I go all the way down, to the fact of photons without mass and gauge bosons that become massless at high temperatures. These strung-together bits or chunks needn't be either entirely verbal or entirely visual; the hunt for cultural leptons and bosons may require new bevatrons to collide narratives and pictures together, as in Real Gone, to powerful effect. |
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