Wills, James (2020) Classical Particle Indistinguishability, Precisely. [Preprint]
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Abstract
I present a new perspective on the meaning of indistinguishability of classical particles. This leads to a solution to the problem in statistical mechanics of justifying the inclusion of a factor N! in a probability distribution over the phase space of N indistinguishable classical particles.
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| Keywords: | Indistinguishability, symmetries, statistical mechanics | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Depositing User: | Mr James Wills | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2020 20:40 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 08 Sep 2020 20:40 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 18071 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Date: | 8 September 2020 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18071 |
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