Concept information
Preferred term
Bose-Einstein statistics
Definition(s)
- In quantum statistics, Bose–Einstein statistics (B–E statistics) describes one of two possible ways in which a collection of non-interacting, indistinguishable particles may occupy a set of available discrete energy states at thermodynamic equilibrium. The aggregation of particles in the same state, which is a characteristic of particles obeying Bose–Einstein statistics, accounts for the cohesive streaming of laser light and the frictionless creeping of superfluid helium. The theory of this behaviour was developed (1924–25) by Satyendra Nath Bose, who recognized that a collection of identical and indistinguishable particles can be distributed in this way. The idea was later adopted and extended by Albert Einstein in collaboration with Bose. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_statistics)
Broader concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- Bose-Einstein distribution
In other languages
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French
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distribution de Bose-Einstein
URI
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