particle statistics

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particle statistics (uncountable)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see particle,‎ statistics.
  2. (statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics) Any of certain theories, in classical physics or (particularly) quantum mechanics, that model the behaviour of collections of particles of identical type.
    • 1984, P. W. Milonni, “Wave-Particle Duality of Light: A Current Perspective”, in S. Diner, D. Fargue, G. Lochak, F. Selleri, editors, The Wave-Particle Dualism: A Tribute to Louis de Broglie on his 90th Birthday, D. Reidel Publishing, page 38:
      This circumstance, which is much different from classical particle statistics, reflects the way in which states are counted in Bose-Einstein statistics.
    • 1990, Jurg Frohlich, Quantum Statistics and Locality, D. G. Caldi, George D. Mostow (editors), Proceedings of the Gibbs Symposium: Yale University, May 15-17, 1989, American Mathematical Society, American Institute of Physics, page 93,
      A choice of particle statistics in quantum mechanics is equivalent to choosing representations Un, of π1(Mn), for all n, in the quantization procedure described in §1.2; see (1.3).
      Thus, for a system of point particles in d > 3 dimensional, physical space, particle statistics is described by the symmetry character of wave functions under permutations of particle positions.
    • 2005, Avinash Khare, Fractional Statistics and Quantum Theory, 2nd edition, World Scientific, page 5:
      The path dependence of the interchange is all important since it relates the quantum mechanical concept of particle statistics to the topology of the configuration space.

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