stekas@houxy.UUCP (11/02/83)
"Obviously, massive was meant to be massless. However, protons and
neutrons are not fermions, massive or otherwise. They are BOSONS."
Obviously, BOSONS was meant to read FERMIONS and "not fermions" was meant
to be "not bosons". I hope.
Jimhalle1@houxz.UUCP (11/02/83)
OOPS. Mea Culpa. I just looked up definitions. Jim's right. Sorry.
dnc@dartvax.UUCP (11/07/83)
Re: Boson/Fermion controversy, and not getting them confused, i.e When Bosons and Fermion are interchanged, they act like .... now, all you mavens, answer the following, m I am thoroughly confused, which have integral spiun, which half-integral which change sign (wavefcn) upon interchange which can reside in never the same state (definetely fermions, like the electron) isn't there soe thing aboiut meaxxx mesons and the other one, dammit i a am confused... and ten there is the disticntion between scalar, verctor, axial vector, pseudovector, vector meson, is a luxon equal to a tachyon, is the neutrino mass (what is it <<2-3 esu? asu? eV? ) enough to make creationists shiver as the andromeda galaxy shows us how fast it can arrive as well as recede? will a few measly tons of water detect these nebulous yet ubiquitous lightravelers? answers to some or all of these questions forthcoming...
quark@dartvax.UUCP (11/09/83)
I've only got a second...but, fermions have half integral spin while bosons carry integral spin. fermion wavefunctions are anti- symmetric under particle interchange: psi(x,y)=-psi(y,x), while boson wavefunctions are symmetric: psi(x,y)=psi(y,x).