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The concept of indistinguishable particles in classical and quantum physics
Foundations of Physics 18 (6):639-649 (1988)
Abstract
The consequences of the following definition of indistinguishability are analyzed. Indistinguishable classical or quantum particles are identical classical or quantum particles in a state characterized by a probability measure, a statistical operator respectively, which is invariant under any permutation of the particles. According to this definition the particles of classical Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics are indistinguishableMy notes
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Eine Fehlinterpretation mit Folgen: Albert Einstein und der Welle-Teilchen Dualismus.Alexander Bach - 1989 - Archive for History of Exact Sciences 40 (2):173-206.
Indistinguishability or Stochastic Dependence?D. Costantini & U. Garibaldi - 2009 - In Wayne C. Myrvold & Joy Christian (eds.), Quantum Reality, Relativistic Causality, and Closing the Epistemic Circle. Springer. pp. 311--324.
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