Bose-Einstein statistics

Bose-Einstein statistics

English

Etymology

Named after physicists Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose, who developed the model and its underlying theory in 1924-25.

Noun

Bose-Einstein statistics (uncountable)

1. (quantum mechanics) A particle statistics model that describes the behaviour of collections of particles (bosons) that do not obey the Pauli exclusion principle.
   • 1999, W. Ketterle, D. S. Durfer, D. M. Stamper-Kurn, Making, probing and understanding Bose–Einstein condensates, M. Inguscio, S. Stringari, C. E. Wieman (editors), Bose-Einstein Condensation in Atomic Gases, IOS Press, page 136,

     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].

   • 2010, Masahito Ueda, Fundamentals and New Frontiers of Bose-Einstein Condensation, World Scientific, page 1,

     Bosons obey Bose–Einstein statistics in which there is no restriction on the occupation number of any single-particle state.

   • 2017, J. Klaers, M. Weitz, Photon BEC and Grand-Canonical Condensate Fluctuations, Nick P. Proukakis, David W. Snoke, Peter B. Littlewood (editors), Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation, Cambridge University Press, page 401,

     The photon number distribution, which can also be derived in a superstatistical approach [23], in general interpolates between Bose-Einstein statistics and Poisson statistics.

Synonyms

• (model that describes collection of particles): B-E statistics

Hypernyms

• (model that describes collection of particles): particle statistics

Related terms

• Bose-Einstein condensate
• Bose–Einstein distribution
• Bose–Einstein integral

Translations

particle statistics model applicable to bosons

Italian: statistica di Bose-Einstein f

See also

• Fermi-Dirac statistics
• particle statistics

Further reading

• Statistical mechanics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia