When are symmetrical or antisymmetrical wavefunctions found? A remarkable regularity is found. When two identical particles have spin = 1/2, 3/2
the OVERALL wavefunction is ANTISYMMETRICAL, when their spin = 0,1.. the overall wavefunction is SYMMETRICAL.
When are symmetrical or antisymmetrical wavefunctions found? A remarkable regularity is found. When two identical particles have spin = 1/2, 3/2
the OVERALL wavefunction is ANTISYMMETRICAL, when their spin = 0,1.. the overall wavefunction is SYMMETRICAL.
The overall wavefunction is the product of the spin wavefunction and the x=dependent wavefunction.
This is called the connection between spin and statistics, for the case of two electrons it is called the Pauli Principle, it says that the x-dependent wave function has to be antisymmetric if the spin wave function is symmetric, i.e. if they have the same spin state or no two e in same place