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boson: see elementary particles elementary particles, the most basic physical constituents of the universe.
Basic Constituents of MatterMolecules are built up from the atom , which is the basic unit of any chemical element . ..... Click the link for more information. ; Bose-Einstein statistics Bose-Einstein statistics, class of statistics that applies to elementary particles called bosons, which include the photon , pion , and the W and Z particles . ..... Click the link for more information. . bosonSubatomic particle with integral spin that is governed by Bose-Einstein statistics. Bosons include mesons, nuclei of even mass number, and the particles required to embody the fields of quantum field theory. Unlike fermions, there is no limit to the number of bosons that can occupy the same quantum state, a behaviour that gives rise to the superfluidity of helium-4. 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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