: a particle (such as a photon or meson) whose spin quantum number is zero or an integral number compare fermion
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Meanwhile, there are eight massless gluons (mediating the strong nuclear force), one massless photon (mediating the electromagnetic force), and three very massive W-and-Z bosons (mediating the weak nuclear force), plus the Higgs boson to complete the Standard Model.
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
For example, in the search for the Higgs boson, two research centers at CERN, the European Council for Nuclear Research, ATLAS and CMS, independently replicated the detection of a particle with a large unique mass, leading to the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics.
—Amanda Kay Montoya, The Conversation, 17 July 2025
In 2012: Scientists at CERN announced the discovery of a new particle that possessed no electrical charge and bears the elusive signs of the Higgs boson.
—Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
Working independently in 1926, Fermi and Dirac both figured out what was going wrong: Electrons are not bosons.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 23 June 2025
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
For example, in the search for the Higgs boson, two research centers at CERN, the European Council for Nuclear Research, ATLAS and CMS, independently replicated the detection of a particle with a large unique mass, leading to the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics.
—Amanda Kay Montoya, The Conversation, 17 July 2025
In 2012: Scientists at CERN announced the discovery of a new particle that possessed no electrical charge and bears the elusive signs of the Higgs boson.
—Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
Working independently in 1926, Fermi and Dirac both figured out what was going wrong: Electrons are not bosons.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 23 June 2025
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“Boson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boson. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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