Are all bosons the same?

Therefore, all known gauge bosons are vector bosons. Gauge bosons are different from the other kinds of bosons: first, fundamental scalar bosons (the Higgs boson); second, mesons, which are composite bosons, made of quarks; third, larger composite, non-force-carrying bosons, such as certain atoms.

What are the differences between Fermionand boson?

A fermion is any particle that has an odd half-integer (like 1/2, 3/2, and so forth) spin. Bosons are those particles which have an integer spin (0, 1, 2…). All the force carrier particles are bosons. The fermions were found to obey Pauli exclusion principle and obeyed Fermi-Dirac statistics.

What are the types of bosons?

The three types of gauge bosons are: photons for electromagnetism, gluons (eight kinds) for strong force, and W and Z bosons (three kinds) for weak force. Other theoretical gauge bosons are predicted, such as gravitons for gravity. The Higgs boson is another fundamental particle of a type called a scalar boson.

What are the different types of particle?

Elementary particles

• Fermions.
• Bosons.
• Hypothetical particles.
• Hadrons.
• Atomic nuclei.
• Atoms.
• Molecules.
• Ions.

Which particle is known as God particle?

the Higgs boson
In the mainstream media, the Higgs boson has often been called the “God particle” from the 1993 book The God Particle by Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman, although the nickname is not endorsed by many physicists.

What is meant by boson particle?

In quantum mechanics, a boson (/ˈboʊsɒn/, /ˈboʊzɒn/) is a particle that follows Bose–Einstein statistics (integer spin). Whereas the elementary particles that make up matter (i.e. leptons and quarks) are fermions, the elementary bosons are force carriers that function as the “glue” holding matter together.

What is AK meson?

In particle physics, a kaon (/ˈkeɪ. ɒn/), also called a K meson and denoted. K. , is any of a group of four mesons distinguished by a quantum number called strangeness. In the quark model they are understood to be bound states of a strange quark (or antiquark) and an up or down antiquark (or quark).