Category

Particle statistics

page 1

identical particle

concept in quantum mechanics of perfectly substitutable particles

probability amplitude

complex number whose squared absolute value is a probability

spin-statistics theorem

theorem that, in a Lorenz-invariant local quantum field theory, particles with integer spins are bosons, while particles with half-integer spins are fermions

thought experiment in physics

particle statistics

particular description of multiple particles in statistical mechanics

Sommerfeld expansion

integral approximation method popular in condensed matter physics

Maxwell–Jüttner distribution

Probability distribution in statistical mechanics