fermion
/ˈfɜːmɪɒn/
fermion noun: any elementary or composite particle that has half-integer spin and thus obeys Fermi–Dirac statistics and the Pauli exclusion principle (equivalently, a particle for which the wavefunction of any system of identical such particles changes sign whenever two are swapped); a baryon, a lepton or a quark;.
Noun
fermion (plural fermions)
- Any elementary or composite particle that has half-integer spin and thus obeys Fermi–Dirac statistics and the Pauli exclusion principle (equivalently, a particle for which the wavefunction of any system of identical such particles changes sign whenever two are swapped); a baryon, a lepton or a quark;
- The fermions treated by the Standard Model are the (composite) baryons and the (elementary) leptons and quarks.
- According to the spin–statistics theorem, the wavefunction of a system of identical fermions (particles of half-integer spin) is antisymmetric under the operation of swapping any two particles.
- any such particle or any composite particle composed of fermions.
fermion meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Arabic and Persian
fermion in Tamil
- பெர்மியான், பேமியன்
fermion in Bengali
- particle with totally antisymmetric composite quantum states
- ফার্মিয়ন pharmiẏon
fermion in Arabic
- particle with totally antisymmetric composite quantum states
- فرميون
fermion in Persian
- particle with totally antisymmetric composite quantum states
- فرمیون fermiyon
Examples of fermion in a sentence
- A remarkable feature of lattice regularization is the appearance of several fermion species per fermion field in the lattice action.1994, István Montvay, Gernot Münster, Quantum Fields on a Lattice, Cambridge University Press, page 208:
- It is not known whether the Higgs mechanism is the true source for the masses of the fundamental fermions.1996, Georg G. Raffelt, Stars as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics, University of Chicago Press, page 253:
Forms of fermion
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Origin of fermion
From Fermi + -on. Named after Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi. Coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1945 in a lecture titled "Developments in Atomic Theory".
Words formed from fermion
Questions about fermion
- What does fermion mean?
- Fermion means any elementary or composite particle that has half-integer spin and thus obeys Fermi–Dirac statistics and the Pauli exclusion principle (equivalently, a particle for which the wavefunction of any system of identical such particles changes sign whenever two are swapped); a baryon, a lepton or a quark;.
- What is fermion in Tamil?
- Fermion in Tamil is பெர்மியான், பேமியன். See Fermion meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use fermion in a sentence?
- A remarkable feature of lattice regularization is the appearance of several fermion species per fermion field in the lattice action.
- What part of speech is fermion?
- Fermion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fermion?
- Fermion is pronounced /ˈfɜːmɪɒn/.
- What is the plural of fermion?
- The plural of fermion is fermions.
Words near fermion in the dictionary
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