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What is the difference between a fermion and a boson?
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Fermions- These particles follow Fermi-Dirac statistics.
- They also obey the Pauli exclusion principle.
- Fermions include all quarks, leptons and composite particles.
Bosons
- These particles follow Bose-Einstein statistics.
- They do not obey the Pauli exclusion principle. i.e., bosons with the same energies can occupy the same space.
- Bosons include, photons, W and Z bosons, Gluons and the Higgs boson.
Take a look at the standard model to view the types in greater detail.
- These particles follow Fermi-Dirac statistics.
- They also obey the Pauli exclusion principle.
- Fermions include all quarks, leptons and composite particles.
Bosons
- These particles follow Bose-Einstein statistics.
- They do not obey the Pauli exclusion principle. i.e., bosons with the same energies can occupy the same space.
- Bosons include, photons, W and Z bosons, Gluons and the Higgs boson.
Take a look at the standard model to view the types in greater detail.
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