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Rotational invariance and the spin-statistics theorem

Quantum Physics 2022-10-12 v1 Condensed Matter High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In this article the rotational invariance of entangled quantum states is investigated as a possible cause of the Pauli exclusion principle. First, it is shown that a certain class of rotationally invariant states can only occur in pairs. This is referred to as the coupling principle. This in turn suggests a natural classification of quantum systems into those containing coupled states and those that do not. Surprisingly, it would seem that Fermi-Dirac statistics follows as a consequence of this coupling while the Bose-Einstein follows by breaking it. In section 5, the above approach is related to Pauli's original spin-statistics theorem and finally in the last two sections, a theoretical justification, based on Clebsch-Gordan coefficients and the experimental evidence respectively, is presented.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0310016,
  title  = {Rotational invariance and the spin-statistics theorem},
  author = {Paul O'Hara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0310016},
  year   = {2022}
}

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22 pages