The concept `indistinguishable'

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2020.02.003MaRDI QIDQ6642602zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Simon Saunders

Publication date 25 November 2024

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://doi.org/10.1016/J.SHPSB.2020.02.003

zbMATH Keywords

black-bodyentropyextensivitygeneric phaseGibbs paradoxhistory of quantum mechanicsindistinguishable particleslight quantaphotonquantum statistics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of quantum theory (81-03) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10)

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