Accession Number:

AD0694541

Title:

ENTROPY AND INDISTINGUISHABILITY.

Descriptive Note:

Technical progress rept. no. 1, 1 Jul-31 Oct 69,

Corporate Author:

ARIZONA STATE UNIV TEMPE DEPT OF PHYSICS

Personal Author(s):

• Hestenes,David

Report Date:

1969-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

14.0

Abstract:

It is argued that the principle of indistinguishability of identical particles is a necessary condition for consistency between experimental and statistical descriptions of a many-particle system. Therefore, it is not a special feature of quantum theory, and its use is perfectly justified in classical statistical mechanics. Author

Descriptors:

• *STATISTICAL MECHANICS
• N BODY PROBLEM
• ENTROPY
• QUANTUM THEORY
• KINETIC THEORY
• GASES

Subject Categories:

• Physical Chemistry
• Thermodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE