Concept information
Preferred term
boson
Definition(s)
- A boson is any particle with a spin that is an integer multiple (0, 1, 2, ...) of quantum units of angular momentum. Bosons, named by Paul Dirac in 1947 after the Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose, are the carrier particles of all fundamental interactions. A carrier particle is a boson associated with quantum excitations of the field corresponding to one of the basic forces of nature. Bosons do not obey the Pauli exclusion principle. This means there is no limit to the number of bosons that can occupy the same point in space at the same time; so, for example, there is no limit in theory to the brightness of a beam of light. Bosons are one of two main categories of particle in the Standard Model; the other main category is the fermions. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/B/boson.html)
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