Bose-Einstein statistics

plural noun

, Physics.

1. 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.

Bose-Einstein statistics

plural noun

1. See Fermi-Dirac statistics
   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

Bose-Einstein statistics

1. See under statistical mechanics

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bose-Einstein statistics¹

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