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Fermion vs Meson - What's the difference?

fermion | meson |

As nouns the difference between fermion and meson

is that fermion is a particle with totally antisymmetric composite quantum states, which means it must obey the Pauli exclusion principle and hence Fermi–Dirac statistics. They have half-integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, most derived from quarks. Compare boson while meson is the mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves.

fermion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A particle with totally antisymmetric composite quantum states, which means it must obey the Pauli exclusion principle and hence . They have half-integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, most derived from quarks. Compare boson .

    • Derived terms

    * fermionic English eponyms ----

    meson

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia meson) (en noun)
  • (rare, outside, entomology) The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A member of a group of subatomic particles having a mass intermediate between electrons and protons. (The most easily detected mesons fit this definition.)
  • (now specifically, particle) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.)
    • Synonyms
    * mesotron
    Derived terms
    * mesonic

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