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jaketodd
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Do Bosons travel just through each other, or through matter as well?
Thanks,
Jake
Thanks,
Jake
ansgar said:a photon is a boson, a pion is a boson, helium is a boson... there are many bosons
ansgar said:same place in space is a bad phrasing since quantum particles have no definite position, what it should read is "same quantum state"
and different kind of bosons are of course different states...
ansgar said:a photon is a boson, a pion is a boson, helium is a boson... there are many bosons
jfy4 said:With the advent of General Relativity, our understanding of space-time changed and we eliminated a background space-time. In essence, we ended up with fields on top of fields, if you will. The gravitational field is proposed to be a massless gauge-boson field no? If we have fields on top of fields, then what are these gauge bosons moving through? certainly not space or time! I think the question is pretty deep, and as of right now or maybe ever, unanswerable...
A Boson is a type of subatomic particle that carries forces and energy. It is one of the two main categories of particles, the other being Fermions.
The main difference between Bosons and Fermions is their spin. Bosons have integer spin, while Fermions have half-integer spin. This means that Bosons can occupy the same quantum state, while Fermions cannot.
No, Bosons do not travel through a medium. They are considered to be point particles, meaning they have no size or structure. Therefore, they do not need a medium to travel through.
Bosons interact with other particles through the four fundamental forces: gravity, electromagnetism, strong nuclear force, and weak nuclear force. They can also interact with each other through the exchange of virtual particles.
Yes, Bosons can travel at the speed of light. Since they have no mass, they are not constrained by the speed limit of light. However, they can also travel at slower speeds depending on the energy they possess.