On the explanation for quantum statistics

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2005.11.002zbMath1222.82030arXivquant-ph/0511136OpenAlexW2020455516MaRDI QIDQ640262

Simon Saunders

Publication date: 17 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0511136

zbMATH Keywords

quantum statisticsGibbs paradoxclassical indistinguishability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03)

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