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axion boson hypothetical 0 10^-5 to 10^-3 eV A hypothetical spin-0 particle with a very small mass of 10^-5-10^-3 eV. It was postulated in order to provide a natural solution to the "strong CP problem".

Bose-Einstein nucleus element boson 0 Nucleus of even A-number (i.e., those with integral spin) (cf. Fermi-Dirac nuclei). Bose-Einstein nuclei do not obey the exclusion principle, and their ground state has zero angular momentum. non-zero electric or magnetic fields

carrier boson elementary particle force carrier Particle that acts as the transmitters of forces. The best known example is the photon, which transmits electromagnetic forces. The gluons are the transmitters of the strong interactions, and the W⁺, W^-, and Z⁰ particles are the transmitters of the weak interactions. See Table 7.1 on page 120.

Goldstone boson boson hypothetical 0 A massless spin-0 particle which arises whenever a (continuous) global symmetry is spontaneously broken.

Higgs boson boson hypothetical integral A hypothetical, spinless particle that plays an important role in the Glashow-Weinberg-Salam electroweak theory (and in other theories involving spontaneous symmetry breaking, e.g. GUTs).

meson boson 2 0 A strongly interacting particle consisting of a quark and an antiquark. Its mass is intermediate between that of a proton and an electron, which is believed to be responsible for the strong nuclear force. In contrast to the case of baryons or leptons, meson number is not conserved: like photons, mesons can be created or destroyed in arbitrary numbers.

positronium electric or magnetic fields the total energy produced when the particle decays boson integral the products produced immediately after decay A positron and electron bound together electrostaticaly. 0 The average time in which a particle decays

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Subject	is not accelerated by	has desintegration energy	is part of	is a kind of	has number of quark	carries the force	has acceptance statu	is an instance of	has spin	has synonym	has mass	has decay product	has definition	has charge	has lifetime	is accelerated by
axion				boson			hypothetical		0		10^-5 to 10^-3 eV		A hypothetical spin-0 particle with a very small mass of 10^-5-10^-3 eV. It was postulated in order to provide a natural solution to the "strong CP problem".
Bose-Einstein nucleus			element	boson					0				Nucleus of even A-number (i.e., those with integral spin) (cf. Fermi-Dirac nuclei). Bose-Einstein nuclei do not obey the exclusion principle, and their ground state has zero angular momentum.	non-zero		electric or magnetic fields
carrier boson				elementary particle						force carrier			Particle that acts as the transmitters of forces. The best known example is the photon, which transmits electromagnetic forces. The gluons are the transmitters of the strong interactions, and the W⁺, W^-, and Z⁰ particles are the transmitters of the weak interactions. See Table 7.1 on page 120.
Goldstone boson				boson			hypothetical		0				A massless spin-0 particle which arises whenever a (continuous) global symmetry is spontaneously broken.
Higgs boson				boson			hypothetical		integral				A hypothetical, spinless particle that plays an important role in the Glashow-Weinberg-Salam electroweak theory (and in other theories involving spontaneous symmetry breaking, e.g. GUTs).
meson				boson	2				0				A strongly interacting particle consisting of a quark and an antiquark. Its mass is intermediate between that of a proton and an electron, which is believed to be responsible for the strong nuclear force. In contrast to the case of baryons or leptons, meson number is not conserved: like photons, mesons can be created or destroyed in arbitrary numbers.
positronium	electric or magnetic fields	the total energy produced when the particle decays						boson	integral			the products produced immediately after decay	A positron and electron bound together electrostaticaly.	0	The average time in which a particle decays