bosons

(boh -zonz) A class of elementary particles with integer values (positive, negative, or zero) of spin; the photon is an example. More than one boson can exist with an identical set of quantum numbers (numbers assigned to the various quantities that describe a particle). See also fermions; fundamental forces.

Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006

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Anyons
axion
Big Bang theory
Bose Gas
Bose, Satyandra Nath
Bose-Einstein Condensation
Bose-Einstein Distribution
Boson
Causality
classons
Commutation Relations
Cooper Effect
Degenerate Gas
electron
Electron-positron pair production
electroweak interaction
elementary particle
elementary particles
Exchange Interaction

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