Author： Belousek D.W.
Publisher： Springer Publishing Company
ISSN： 0015-9018
Source： Foundations of Physics, Vol.30, Iss.1, 2000-01, pp. : 1-34
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Abstract
The question to be addressed is, In what sense and to what extent do quantum statistics for, and the standard formal quantum-mechanical description of, systems of many identical particles entail that identical quantum particles are indistinguishable? This paper argues that whether or not we consider identical quantum particles as indistinguishable is a matter of theory choice underdetermined by logic and experiment.
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