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boson
[ boh-son ]
noun
- any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics: bosons have integral spins: 0, 1, 2, …
boson
/ ˈəʊɒ /
noun
- any of a group of elementary particles, such as a photon or pion, that has zero or integral spin and obeys the rules of Bose-Einstein statistics Compare fermion
boson
/ ō′ŏ /
- Any of a class of elementary or composite particles, including the photon, pion, and gluon, that are not subject to the Pauli exclusion principle (that is, any two bosons can potentially be in the same quantum state ). The value of the spin of a boson is always an integer. Mesons are bosons, as are the gauge bosons (the particles that mediate the fundamental forces). They are named after the physicist Satyendra Nath Bose.
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Nobel prize-winning British physicist, who gave his name to the "Higgs boson", a particle that helps explain why the basic building blocks of the Universe - atoms - have mass.
However, spins in real devices also interact with light and vibrations known as bosons, greatly complicating calculations.
At the 2012 seminar announcing the discovery of the Higgs boson, he declined questions from the press, saying, “Now is not the time or the place.”
But the particle became known as the Higgs boson - and for 50 years scientists looked for it using some of the most spectacular technology on Earth.
He was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 2013 for his revolutionary work showing how the boson helps bind the Universe together.
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