Parity as the foundation of the non-relativistic spin-statistics connection
Quantum Physics
2022-03-11 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
It is shown that the symmetry under parity of the wavefunctions of two identical particles with an arbitrary spin in three spatial dimensions accounts for the appropriate wavefunction exchange statistics under the permutations of particles. The standard properties of the angular momentum in non-relativistic quantum mechanics account for the sign factor that the wavefunctions acquire under the permutation of coordinates of the two particles, without any additional requirements, directly relating spin and the particle exchange statistics in the non-relativistic context.
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@article{arxiv.2203.05106,
title = {Parity as the foundation of the non-relativistic spin-statistics connection},
author = {Dmitri V. Averin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.05106},
year = {2022}
}
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5 pages, 2 figures