Reply to "Non-relativistic proofs of the spin-statistics connection," by Shaji and Sudarshan
| dc.creator | Peshkin, Murray | |
| dc.date | 2004-02-17 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:09:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:09:00Z | |
| dc.description | I earlier proved under stated assumptions of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, that identical spin-zero particles with no internal degrees of freedom must be bosons. Shaji and Sudarshan have criticized that proof, asserting that it is "based on single-valuedness under rotation of the wave functions of systems of identical particles." No such assumption was used. Here, to remove all doubt, I exclude the fermion possibility through a proof in which even the existence of rotation is not used. Following that, I assume that the Hilbert space is invariant under rotation to exclude other symmetries which correspond neither to bosons nor to fermions. In that proof no issue of single-valuedness can arise. | |
| dc.description | 8 pages | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0402118 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0402118 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/91830 | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.title | Reply to "Non-relativistic proofs of the spin-statistics connection," by Shaji and Sudarshan | |
| dc.type | text |