particle statistics
English
Noun
particle statistics (uncountable)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see particle, statistics.
- (statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics) Any of certain theories, in classical physics or (particularly) quantum mechanics, that model the behaviour of collections of particles of identical type.
- 1984, P. W. Milonni, Wave-Particle Duality of Light: A Current Perspective, S. Diner, D. Fargue, G. Lochak, F. Selleri (editors), The Wave-Particle Dualism: A Tribute to Louis de Broglie on his 90th Birthday, D. Reidel Publishing, page 38,
- This circumstance, which is much different from classical particle statistics, reflects the way in which states are counted in Bose-Einstein statistics.
- 1990, Jurg Frohlich, Quantum Statistics and Locality, D. G. Caldi, George D. Mostow (editors), Proceedings of the Gibbs Symposium: Yale University, May 15-17, 1989, American Mathematical Society, American Institute of Physics, page 93,
- A choice of particle statistics in quantum mechanics is equivalent to choosing representations Un, of π1(Mn), for all n, in the quantization procedure described in §1.2; see (1.3).
- Thus, for a system of point particles in d > 3 dimensional, physical space, particle statistics is described by the symmetry character of wave functions under permutations of particle positions.
- 2005, Avinash Khare, Fractional Statistics and Quantum Theory, World Scientific, 2nd Edition, page 5,
- The path dependence of the interchange is all important since it relates the quantum mechanical concept of particle statistics to the topology of the configuration space.
- 1984, P. W. Milonni, Wave-Particle Duality of Light: A Current Perspective, S. Diner, D. Fargue, G. Lochak, F. Selleri (editors), The Wave-Particle Dualism: A Tribute to Louis de Broglie on his 90th Birthday, D. Reidel Publishing, page 38,
See also
- Bose-Einstein statistics
- classical statistics
- Fermi–Dirac statistics
- Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics
- quantum statistics
Further reading
Bose–Einstein statistics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Fermi–Dirac statistics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spin–statistics theorem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Statistical ensemble (mathematical physics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Statistical mechanics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia