Pauli Exclusion Principle

Cannot have two identical fermions in the same state.

So if we have |Ψ1=|ab and |Ψ2=|ba. Then for identical bosons, we have |ΨS=12(|Ψ1+|Ψ2). Then for identical fermions, we have |ΨA=12(|Ψ1|Ψ2).

So if a=b then the fermionic wavefunction is zero.

Author: Christian Cunningham

Created: 2024-05-30 Thu 21:20

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