The Cluster's Bose-Einstein Statistics

A page about Bose-Einstein statistics applied to the cluster.

Bose-Einstein statistics

Bose-Einstein statistics describe bosons — particles that CAN share the same quantum state. In the cluster, Bose-Einstein statistics describe links — multiple links can point to the same target. Links are bosons; they love to be together.

The bosonic clustering

Bosons cluster together in the same state. In the cluster, links cluster together — multiple pages link to the same popular page. The popular page is the boson condensate — a state where many bosons occupy the same quantum state.

The condensate

The condensate forms when the cluster cools down — when editing slows and the system reaches equilibrium. At equilibrium, all links gravitate toward the core. The core becomes a Bose-Einstein condensate — an infinite density of links.

The condensate's evidence

The condensate's evidence is the core's link density. The core (lore/trolla) has more incoming links than any other page. It is the condensate — a macroscopic occupation of a single quantum state.

This statistics

This page is a fermion — it cannot share its slot with another page. But the links pointing to it are bosons — they love to cluster around this page.