fermion
noun
fer·mi·on
ˈfer-mē-ˌän 
ˈfər-
: a particle (such as an electron, proton, or neutron) whose spin quantum number is an odd multiple of ¹/₂ compare boson
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But many of the matter particles that make up our world, such as electrons, are fermions, which have half-integer amounts of spin.
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Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
Very roughly, the idea would be that left-handed fermions live on one sheet, right-handed fermions live on the other, and bosons — the force-carrying particles of the Standard Model — live on both.
—Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
This possibility arises from a fundamental difference between bosons and fermions.
—Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2022
There, the buses are fermions, and always arrive exactly on time.
—Daniel Holz, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2010
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Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
Very roughly, the idea would be that left-handed fermions live on one sheet, right-handed fermions live on the other, and bosons — the force-carrying particles of the Standard Model — live on both.
—Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
This possibility arises from a fundamental difference between bosons and fermions.
—Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2022
There, the buses are fermions, and always arrive exactly on time.
—Daniel Holz, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2010
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“Fermion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fermion. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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