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Universal Journal of Physics and Application Vol. 5(2), pp. 281 - 294
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DEMONSTRATION OF THE SPIN-STATISTICS CONNECTION IN ELEMENTARY QUANTUM MECHANICS
AUTHOR(S) INFORMATION: Morgan J.A.
ABSTRACT
A simple demonstration of the spin-statistics connection is presented. The effect of exchange and space inversion operators on two-particle states is reviewed. The connection follows directly from successive application of these operations to the two-particle wave function for identical particles in an s-state, evaluated at spatial coordinates ±x, but at equal time, i.e., at spacelike interval.