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The derivation of particle statistics: Some clarifying remarks
Author(s) -
Landsberg P. T.,
Canagaratna S. G.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221940134
Subject(s) - partition (number theory) , context (archaeology) , function (biology) , statistics , mathematics , statistical physics , physics , theoretical physics , combinatorics , history , archaeology , evolutionary biology , biology
Abstract A recent paper published in this journal suggests that some clarifying remarks about the derivation of particle statistics are in order. These are given here in a somewhat more general context than is usual. In particular, we show that the statistics for electrons in semiconductors can, of course, not be used unamended for localised states. In addition, a combinatorial method of writing the grand partition function for particles in bands is here related to a more usual procedure.