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How do baryons (ie. a neutron) react to being hit by a boson?

I know that if a boson is absorbed by an electron, the electron will absorb the energy of the boson by jumping up energy levels and then falling back down and emit more bosons. 

However, how does that interaction play out between bosons and baryons? For example, if an xray or a gamma ray hits a neutron or proton directly, how does the particle react? Does the boson impart kinetic energy, does it go right through? etc.
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A boson is just any particle with integer spin. So there are tons of bosons, each with their own couplings to baryons.

Gamma rays on protons can undergo a variety of different processes. Neutrons don't have a net electric charge, so they don't couple as strongly to photons.

The forces between nucleons can be modeled using effective field theories, where the exchange particles are mesons (which are bosons), such as pions.

Also you could include any nucleus with integer spin as a boson, in which case there are a whole host of nuclear reactions which can occur between them.