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Bose-Einstein statistics

American  

plural noun

Physics.

  1. quantum statistics for particles not obeying the exclusion principle, based on the assumption that in a given physical system consisting of indistinguishable particles and regions, all distinguishable arrangements of the particles have equal probability.

Bose-Einstein statistics British  

plural noun

  1. (functioning as singular) physics the branch of quantum statistics applied to systems of particles of zero or integral spin that do not obey the exclusion principle Compare Fermi-Dirac statistics

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Bose-Einstein statistics Scientific  

  1. See under statistical mechanics

Etymology

Origin of Bose-Einstein statistics

1925–30; named after S. N. Bose ( boson ) and Albert Einstein

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Boson is a scientific word describing a particle that follows Bose-Einstein statistics.

From Washington Times

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