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FERMI DIRAC LAW [1 record]

Record 1 2009-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Nuclear Physics
DEF

A law obeyed by a system of particles whose wave function changes when two particles are interchanged (the Pauli exclusion principle applies).

OBS

statistics: Noun plural but singular or plural in construction.

Key term(s)
  • Fermi Dirac statistics
  • Fermi Dirac law
  • Fermi Dirac's law
  • Fermi Dirac law of energy distribution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Physique nucléaire
DEF

Loi reposant sur la présence d'un système de particules dont la fonction d'onde se modifie au moment de la permutation de deux particules, auquel cas le principe d'exclusion de Pauli s'applique.

Spanish

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