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- From: barry@arnold.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman)
- Subject: the nature of exclusion
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.020848.11073@math.ucla.edu>
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- Organization: UCLA, Mathematics Department
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 02:08:48 GMT
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- we all know that fermions satisfy the exclusion
- priciple, which rules out their being in the same state.
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- But what is the operational nature of this exclusion?
- That is, if I take two fermions and try to put them in the
- same state, what stops me?
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- Presumably there would be some "resisting force", but on the
- other hand, none of the four forces seem to come into play.
- I've heard it called statistical repulsion, which is a nice way to
- avoid discussing what is going on.
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- I realize the exclusion is reflected in the symetries of the
- wave function, but I feel like I could try and force the wave
- function out of this particular type of symmetry, and I wonder what prevents
- me from actually doing it.
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- Barry Merriman
- UCLA Dept. of Math
- UCLA Inst. for Fusion and Plasma Research
- barry@math.ucla.edu (Internet; NeXTMail is welcome)
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