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Do Bosons Have Antiparticles?

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Do Bosons Have Antiparticles?

Some bosons also have antiparticles, but since bosons do not obey the Pauli exclusion principle (only fermions do), hole theory

hole theory
The theory poses that the continuum of negative energy states, that are solutions to the Dirac equation, are filled with electrons, and the vacancies in this continuum (holes) are manifested as positrons with energy and momentum that are the negative of those of the state. ...
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does not work for them.

Do W bosons have antiparticles?

There are two types of particles in the Standard Model: fermions, the matter particles, and bosons, the force carriers. Only fermions, which are subdivided into quarks and leptons, have anti-particles, says Taylor. ... Nor is it correct to say that the W+ and W- bosons are anti-particles of each other, he says.

Do all fermions have antiparticles?

ALL PARTICLES, FERMIONS AND BOSONS MUST HAVE AN ANTIPARTICLE. 'Special Relativity' demands particles must be systemic under CPT transformation (C- charge swap (-1→+1), P- parity (mirror image), T- time reversal). So when an electron transforms under CP it is now a positron. Electron+Positron = annihilation.

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