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What Are Bosons?
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RE: What Are Bosons?
In all generality, Bosons are objects, usually particles, which do not adhere to the pauli exclusion principle. Fermions are the opposite category, because they do: No two of them which are of the same type, can be in the same physical state. This is why two Electrons, which are not Bosons , cannot occupy the same Energy level in an atom if they also have the same spin and angular momentum. It is also the reason why neutron stars do not collapse to black holes by themselves: neutrons are not bosons either. Photons are bosons, and therefore one can have a light beam of a fixed color of arbitrary intensity. You can cram as many photons of the same frequency in one bunch of light as you are willing to pay the electricity for.

I suspect that you do not (yet) care about this technical detail of Fermions vs. Bosons, and that your question is rather: what is an elementary particle. Am I correct?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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What Are Bosons? - by Rhondazvous - September 11, 2015 at 8:59 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by vorlon13 - September 11, 2015 at 10:59 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Whateverist - September 11, 2015 at 11:52 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by SteelCurtain - September 11, 2015 at 11:57 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Alex K - September 11, 2015 at 12:03 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Jackalope - September 11, 2015 at 12:35 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Alex K - September 11, 2015 at 1:26 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Rhondazvous - September 11, 2015 at 3:41 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Alex K - September 11, 2015 at 4:31 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Rhondazvous - September 11, 2015 at 5:58 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Anomalocaris - September 11, 2015 at 12:29 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Minimalist - September 11, 2015 at 1:35 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Anomalocaris - September 11, 2015 at 1:39 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Alex K - September 11, 2015 at 2:27 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Rhondazvous - September 11, 2015 at 4:14 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Cyberman - September 13, 2015 at 11:47 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Anomalocaris - September 11, 2015 at 1:36 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Alex K - September 11, 2015 at 3:15 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by The Valkyrie - September 11, 2015 at 3:20 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 11, 2015 at 6:17 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Rhondazvous - September 11, 2015 at 6:43 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Alex K - September 11, 2015 at 6:42 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Pyrrho - September 11, 2015 at 9:11 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Alex K - September 11, 2015 at 11:36 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Rhondazvous - September 12, 2015 at 6:56 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by vorlon13 - September 11, 2015 at 7:31 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Rhondazvous - September 11, 2015 at 7:42 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by vorlon13 - September 11, 2015 at 7:44 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by brewer - September 11, 2015 at 8:02 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Alex K - September 11, 2015 at 11:30 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by ignoramus - September 11, 2015 at 8:16 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Rhondazvous - September 12, 2015 at 1:34 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Exian - September 11, 2015 at 9:29 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Rhondazvous - September 12, 2015 at 1:40 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Jenny A - September 11, 2015 at 11:29 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by dyresand - September 12, 2015 at 12:47 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Alex K - September 12, 2015 at 4:01 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Rhondazvous - September 12, 2015 at 2:04 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by IATIA - September 12, 2015 at 1:14 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by ignoramus - September 12, 2015 at 2:32 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by ignoramus - September 12, 2015 at 5:14 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Longhorn - September 12, 2015 at 6:14 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Alex K - September 12, 2015 at 7:01 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by ignoramus - September 12, 2015 at 7:01 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Alex K - September 12, 2015 at 7:02 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by brewer - September 12, 2015 at 1:47 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Alex K - September 12, 2015 at 2:11 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Rhondazvous - September 12, 2015 at 3:29 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by LastPoet - September 12, 2015 at 2:19 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Rhondazvous - September 12, 2015 at 3:23 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Alex K - September 12, 2015 at 4:34 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Angrboda - September 12, 2015 at 3:11 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Alex K - September 12, 2015 at 4:33 pm
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Alex K - September 13, 2015 at 2:00 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Rhondazvous - September 13, 2015 at 11:32 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Alex K - September 13, 2015 at 2:37 am
RE: What Are Bosons? - by Rhondazvous - September 13, 2015 at 11:52 am

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