Pauli And The Spin-statistics Theorem
Seiten
1998
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd (Verlag)
978-981-02-3114-9 (ISBN)
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd (Verlag)
978-981-02-3114-9 (ISBN)
An accessible introduction to an understanding of the infamous spin-statistics theorem. This theorem is intended to explain the fact that electrons obey the Pauli exclusion principle. This text aims to simplify and explain the formal statements of the theorem, and to correct wrong interpretations.
This book makes broadly accessible an understandable proof of the infamous spin-statistics theorem. This widely known but little-understood theorem is intended to explain the fact that electrons obey the Pauli exclusion principle. This fact, in turn, explains the periodic table of the elements and their chemical properties. Therefore, this one simply stated fact is responsible for many of the principal features of our universe, from chemistry to solid state physics to nuclear physics to the life cycle of stars.In spite of its fundamental importance, it is only a slight exaggeration to say that “everyone knows the spin-statistics theorem, but no one understands it”. This book simplifies and clarifies the formal statements of the theorem, and also corrects the invariably flawed intuitive explanations which are frequently put forward.The book will be of interest to many practising physicists in all fields who have long been frustrated by the impenetrable discussions on the subject which have been available until now. It will also be accessible to students at an advanced undergraduate level as an introduction to modern physics based directly on the classical writings of the founders, including Pauli, Dirac, Heisenberg, Einstein and many others.
This book makes broadly accessible an understandable proof of the infamous spin-statistics theorem. This widely known but little-understood theorem is intended to explain the fact that electrons obey the Pauli exclusion principle. This fact, in turn, explains the periodic table of the elements and their chemical properties. Therefore, this one simply stated fact is responsible for many of the principal features of our universe, from chemistry to solid state physics to nuclear physics to the life cycle of stars.In spite of its fundamental importance, it is only a slight exaggeration to say that “everyone knows the spin-statistics theorem, but no one understands it”. This book simplifies and clarifies the formal statements of the theorem, and also corrects the invariably flawed intuitive explanations which are frequently put forward.The book will be of interest to many practising physicists in all fields who have long been frustrated by the impenetrable discussions on the subject which have been available until now. It will also be accessible to students at an advanced undergraduate level as an introduction to modern physics based directly on the classical writings of the founders, including Pauli, Dirac, Heisenberg, Einstein and many others.
Discovery of the exclusion principle; discovery of the electron spin; Bose-Einstein statistics; identical particle wave functions; Fermi-Dirac statistics; quantum field theory; anticommunication for F-D fields; from hole theory to positrons; quantization of the K-G equation; Pauli's first proof of the SST; Fierz's proof of the SST; Belinfante's proof of the SST; de Web's proof of the SST; Pauli's proof of the SST; Feynman's proof and Pauli's reply; Schwinger's proof from T-reversal; Luders, Zumino and Burgoyne; the Hall-Wightman theorem; Jost's review of the proofs; "understanding" the SST; modern "proofs" of the SST; epilogue and conclusions.
| Verlagsort | Singapore |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik |
| ISBN-10 | 981-02-3114-8 / 9810231148 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-981-02-3114-9 / 9789810231149 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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