boson Definition
boson (bō′sän)
noun
Particle Physics any of a class of subatomic particles that do not obey the Pauli exclusion principle and have zero or integral spin, including the mesons, weakons, and classons: bosons are thought to carry the four fundamental forces of nature (electromagnetism, gravity, strong interaction, weak interaction)
Etymology: after S. N. Bose (1894-1974), Indian physicist + -on
boson Usage Examples
Converse of object
- call: Particles with zero or integer spin are called bosons after Satyendra Bose, who together with Einstein described their kind of statistical mechanics.
- include: The algorithm can also include dynamical bosons, again with any number of flavors.
Preposition: in
collision: Study of the heavy flavor content of jets produced in association with W bosons in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2 ) = 1.8-TeV.
Adjective modifier
- dynamical: The algorithm can also include dynamical bosons, again with any number of flavors.
- weak: Their properties were more like those of the photon, the graviton and the so-called weak gage bosons that carry the weak force.
Modifies a noun
- coupling: Quartic gage boson couplings are implemented according to the Standard Model only ( no anomalous couplings ).
- mass: Finally, the MSSM parameters must also be consistent with a minimum in the Higgs potential which leads to the observed electroweak boson masses.
- production: However, the typical running time for channels that are relevant for the W -pair or Higgs boson production is several hours.
- counterpart: According to supersymmetry theory, all fermions ( such as electrons and quarks ) would have boson counterparts and vise versa.
- process: This additional broadening is due to the boson gluon fusion process which has no analog in e + e - annihilation continuum region.
- particle: ALEPH is one of the leading experiments in the search for the elusive Higgs boson particle.
Noun used with modifier
- gage: The quantum universe does not really exist, anymore than the gage boson exists.
- vector: The vector bosons themselves were observed directly in 1983.
- electroweak: Finally, the MSSM parameters must also be consistent with a minimum in the Higgs potential which leads to the observed electroweak boson masses.
- guage: The measurements of the guage boson properties enables the Standard Model of particle physics to be tested to incredibly high precision.
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