Bose-Einstein statistics


plural noun Physics.

quantum statistics for particles not obeying the exclusion principle, based on the assumption that in a given physical system consisting of indistinguishable particles and regions, all distinguishable arrangements of the particles have equal probability.

Origin of Bose-Einstein statistics

1925–30; named after S. N. Bose (see boson) and Albert Einstein

British Dictionary definitions for bose-einstein statistics

Bose-Einstein statistics

pl n

(functioning as singular) physics the branch of quantum statistics applied to systems of particles of zero or integral spin that do not obey the exclusion principle Compare Fermi-Dirac statistics

Scientific definitions for bose-einstein statistics

Bose-Einstein statistics

See under statistical mechanics.