Quantum Statistics with Classical Particles
| dc.creator | Gottesman, Daniel | |
| dc.date | 2005-11-08 | |
| dc.date | 2005-12-29 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:45:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:45:57Z | |
| dc.description | Indistinguishability of particles is normally considered to be an inherently quantum property which cannot be possessed by a classical theory. However, Saunders has argued that this is incorrect, and that classically indistinguishable particles are possible. I make this suggestion concrete by describing a class of microscopic classical theories involving indistinguishable particles hopping stochastically on a graph, and show that it should be possible to experimentally create a physical system realizing a simple model by continuously observing atoms trapped in an optical lattice. The indistinguishable classical particles obey Bose-Einstein statistics, display the associated clustering phenomena, and in appropriate models, can even undergo Bose-Einstein condensation. | |
| dc.description | 5 pages. v2 adds one reference | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0511207 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0511207 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/103190 | |
| dc.subject | Statistical Mechanics | |
| dc.subject | Other Condensed Matter | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.title | Quantum Statistics with Classical Particles | |
| dc.type | text |