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Is conservation of statistics logically independent of spin?
If the number of fermions is $n$, we expect the quantity $(-1)^n$ to be conserved, i.e., $n$ never changes between even and odd. This is known as conservation of statistics. In the normal context of ...
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Huge confusion with Fermions and Bosons and how they relate to total spin of atom
I am supremely confused when something has spin or when it does not. For example, atomic Hydrogen has 4 fermions, three quarks to make a proton, and 1 electron. There is an even number of fermions, ...
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Is there record of a bosonic Stern-Gerlach measurement?
I cannot seem to find any peer-reviewed (or other) reference to an integer-spin Stern-Gerlach experiment. It shouldn't be too hard to do: just find you friendly neighbourhood Deuterium ion and shoot ...
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A reading list to build up to the spin statistics theorem
Wikipedia's article on the spin-statistics theorem sums it up thusly:
In quantum mechanics, the spin-statistics theorem relates the spin of a particle to the particle statistics it obeys. The spin ...
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Basic Spin or Double Cover Experiment
We know that Spin is described with SU(2) and that SU(2) is a double cover of the rotation group SO(3). This suggests a simple thought experiment, to be described below. The question then is in three ...
