Biography:Satyendra Nath Bose
| Satyendra Nath Bose | |
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| Bose | |
| Born | 1 January 1894 Calcutta, British India |
| Died | 4 February 1974 Calcutta, India
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| Known for | Bose-Einstein statistics; bosons |
Satyendra Nath Bose (1894-1974) was an Indian physicist whose work on the statistics of light quanta led to Bose-Einstein statistics. Particles obeying these statistics are called bosons.
Bose-Einstein statistics
Bose derived Planck's black-body radiation law using a new counting method for indistinguishable light quanta. Albert Einstein recognized the importance of the work and extended it to massive particles.
The resulting statistics describe systems in which many particles can occupy the same quantum state, such as photons, coherent light, and Bose-Einstein condensates.
Quantum Collection links
- Physics:Quantum boson
- Physics:Quantum photon
- Physics:Quantum Statistical mechanics
- Physics:Quantum black-body radiation
References
- "Satyendra Nath Bose". https://www.britannica.com/biography/Satyendra-Nath-Bose.
- "Satyendra Nath Bose". https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Bose,_Satyendra_Nath.
Author: Harold Foppele