Is an Electron a Boson or a Fermion?

[Chaste]

I'm studying particle physics now and am confused with all these terminologies.

 

[Rajini]

some clarifications:
Hydrogen has fermions (they are electrons, protons, neutrons)..
cheers

 

[Chaste]

I think I would like to rephrase my question. Is a hydrogen ion a boson?

 

[Rajini]

What makes you to think that hydrogen ion is a boson ?
Anyway i am not a particle physicist. But I can say, e.g., photons are bosons..other may be the forces within the nucleus is also a kind of bosons.
PS: Bosons obey Bose-Einstein Distribution.

 

[tom.stoer]

I hydrogen ion can be the nucleus (w/o electron) consisting of
a) a proton
b) a deuteron = proton + oen neutron
c) a triton = proton + two neutrons

a) and c) are fermions whereas b) is a boson

 

[Chaste]

I hydrogen ion can be the nucleus (w/o electron) consisting of
a) a proton
b) a deuteron = proton + oen neutron
c) a triton = proton + two neutrons

a) and c) are fermions whereas b) is a boson

Thanks. That's was what I'm looking for. Just wondering would (a) with an electron be a boson?

 

[topsquark]

Thanks. That's was what I'm looking for. Just wondering would (a) with an electron be a boson?

Yes. The combination of two spin 1/2 particles is either a spin 0 or spin 1 "particle." Either way, it's an integral spin, and thus a boson.

-Dan Boyce