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Chapter 14: Identical particles

Chapter 14: Identical particles

pp. 351-359

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, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, , University of Calcutta
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We mentioned in Chapter 5 that the wavefunction of a system consisting of several identical particles has some special symmetries, related to the permutation of the particles. In this chapter, we discuss the issue in detail, throwing light on some consequences of the symmetry.

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