A grasp of identity

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/36/3/035016MaRDI QIDQ3454649zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Pere Seglar, Enric Pérez

Publication date 26 November 2015

Published in European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.1631

zbMATH Keywords

identityindistinguishabilityquantum mechanicsquantum statistics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

Abstract: We revisit the treatment of identical particles in quantum mechanics. Two kinds of solutions of Schr"{o}dinger equation are found and analyzed. First, the known symmetrized and antisymmetrized eigenfunctions. We examine how the very concept of particle is blurred whithin this approach. Second, we propose another kind of solution with no symmetries that we identify with Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics. In it, particles do preserve their individuality, as they are provided with individual energy and momenta. However, these properties cannot be univocally ascribed; moreover, particles do not possess distinctive positions. Finally, we explore how these results affect the calculation of canonical partition function, and we show that extensivity arises as a consequence of identity.

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