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Fermion vs Antisymmetrizer - What's the difference?

fermion | antisymmetrizer |

As nouns the difference between fermion and antisymmetrizer

is that fermion is (label) while antisymmetrizer is (mathematics|physics) a linear operator that makes a wave function of n identical fermions antisymmetric under the exchange of the coordinates of any pair of fermions.

fermion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A particle with totally antisymmetric composite quantum states, which means it must obey the Pauli exclusion principle and hence . They have half-integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, most derived from quarks. Compare boson .

    • Derived terms

    * fermionic English eponyms ----

    antisymmetrizer

    English

    Alternative forms

    * antisymmetriser (non-Oxford British spelling)

    Noun

    (wikipedia antisymmetrizer) (en noun)
  • (mathematics, physics) A linear operator that makes a wave function of N identical fermions antisymmetric under the exchange of the coordinates of any pair of fermions.