The Boson

By: Kisak, Paul F.

In quantum mechanics, a boson is a particle that follows Bose-Einstein statistics. Bosons make up one of the two classes of particles, the other being fermions. The name boson was coined by Paul Dirac to commemorate the contribution of the Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose in developing, with Einstein, Bose-Einstein statistics-which theorizes the characteristics of elementary particles. Examples of bosons include fundamental particles such as photons,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 151772726X
• ISBN13: 9781517727260
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"