Meanings
- uncountablequantum mechanicsA particle statistics model that describes the behaviour of collections of particles (bosons) that do not obey the Pauli exclusion principle.
Bosons obey Bose–Einstein statistics in which there is no restriction on the occupation number of any single-particle state.
2010, Masahito Ueda, Fundamentals and New Frontiers of Bose-Einstein Condensation, World Scientific, page 12 more examples
However, bosonic stimulation is as fundamental as Bose–Einstein statistics: one can derive the Bose–Einstein equilibrium distribution just by assuming detailed balance and bosonic stimulation (271).
1999, W. Ketterle, D. S. Durfer, D. M. Stamper-Kurn, “Making, probing and understanding Bose-Einstein condensates”, in M. Inguscio, S. Stringari, C. E. Wieman, editors, Bose-Einstein Condensation in Atomic Gases, IOS Press, page 136The photon number distribution, which can also be derived in a superstatistical approach [23], in general interpolates between Bose-Einstein statistics and Poisson statistics.
2017, J. Klaers, M. Weitz, “Photon BEC and Grand-Canonical Condensate Fluctuations”, in Nick P. Proukakis, David W. Snoke, Peter B. Littlewood, editors, Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation, Cambridge University Press, page 401Synonyms: B-E statistics
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA particle statistics model that describes the behaviour of collections of particles (bosons) that do not obey the Pauli exclusion principle.
Origin
Named after physicists Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose, who developed the model and its underlying theory in 1924-25.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Bose-Einstein-Statistik, Bose-Einstein-Verteilung
- Bose-Einstein-Statistikparticle statistics model applicable to bosons
- Bose-Einstein-Verteilungparticle statistics model applicable to bosons
Italian statistica di Bose-Einstein
- statistica di Bose-Einsteinparticle statistics model applicable to bosons
Japanese ボース゠アインシュタイン統計
- ボース゠アインシュタイン統計particle statistics model applicable to bosons
Polish statystyka Bosego-Einsteina
- statystyka Bosego-Einsteinaparticle statistics model applicable to bosons
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