BoseāEinstein Statistics
/ĖboŹz ĖaÉŖnstaÉŖn stÉĖtÉŖstÉŖks/noun
A quantum-statistical framework describing systems of identical particles that can occupy the same quantum state, such as bosons.
Did you know?The framework began when Satyendra Nath Bose sent Albert Einstein an unpublished paper after journals rejected it; Einstein translated it, recognized its importance, and extended the idea to matter.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
status
āA condition, position, or state; literally something standing or set up.ā
17th Century
Latin
statisticus
āPertaining to the state or political affairs of a country.ā
18th Century
German
Statistik
āThe systematic study or description of the condition of a state; the source of English āstatistics.āā
1924
Bengali/English scientific usage
Bose statistics
āSatyendra Nath Boseās proposed method for counting identical light quanta without treating them as individually distinguishable.ā
1924ā1925
German/English scientific usage
BoseāEinstein-Statistik
āEinsteinās extension of Boseās counting method to material particles, leading to the prediction of BoseāEinstein condensation.ā
Modern English
English
BoseāEinstein statistics
āQuantum statistics for bosons, particles with integer spin that may share a single quantum state.ā