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Physical properties of particles obeying generalized statistics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

I. E. McCarthy
I. E. McCarthy
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University of AdelaideSouth Australia
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Abstract

The Feynman probability amplitudes for interactions between spin ½ fields and fields of integral spin quantized according to the generalized method of Green are investigated. It is shown that the scattering amplitudes are independent of the method of quantization though the amplitudes of the vacuum fluctuations are not. The question of distinguishing particles satisfying the generalized statistics, if they exist in nature, from Fermi or Bose particles is considered. It is shown that the statistical thermodynamics of the particles depends on the statistics, but as this requires a large number of particles in thermodynamical equilibrium, it offers no means of distinction for particles with short lifetimes. In practice, an examination of particles in bound states would identify particles obeying generalized statistics.

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Research Article
Information
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , January 1955 , pp. 131 - 140
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1955

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