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12. 'Boson' was coined by Paul Dirac, in 1947

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 12:04 PM

Oct 2013

OED:

Any particle which has a symmetric wave-function and which therefore obeys Bose-Einstein statistics

1947 P. A. M. Dirac Princ. Quantum Mech. (ed. 3) ix. 210 The new statistics was first studied by Bose, so we shall call particles for which only symmetrical states occur in nature bosons.

As opposed to:

fermion

A particle that obeys the Fermi-Dirac statistics.

1947 P. A. M. Dirac Princ. Quantum Mech. (ed. 3) ix. 210 It leads to a special statistics, which was first studied by Fermi, so we shall call particles for which only antisymmetrical states occur in nature fermions.

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Nobel Prize in Physics. Peter Higgs and François Englert [View all] dipsydoodle Oct 2013 OP

The Higgs Boson has been found, announced 2012. nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #1

Can't really argue with this decision VWolf Oct 2013 #2

A development that will carry great weight in the realm of science! lastlib Oct 2013 #3

seems odd they hadn't been so honored before rurallib Oct 2013 #4

Agree Sgent Oct 2013 #5

They wait until it's confirmed by observation muriel_volestrangler Oct 2013 #11

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So Higgs got his prize. Why not Boson? (nt) Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #8

No posthumous Nobel Prize jakeXT Oct 2013 #9

I hadn't realised he'd based the word after Bose. dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #10

'Boson' was coined by Paul Dirac, in 1947 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2013 #12

Thanks dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #13

India is happy with it jakeXT Oct 2013 #14

Higgs can't abide that expression dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #15

That's heavy. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #16