Fermi-Dirac statistics

noun

A kind of quantum statistics that applies to the physics of a system consisting of many noninteracting identical particles that obey the Pauli exclusion principle.

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Meanings

nounFermi-Dirac statistics (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA kind of quantum statistics that applies to the physics of a system consisting of many noninteracting identical particles that obey the Pauli exclusion principle.

Origin

Named after Enrico Fermi and Paul Dirac, who derived the distribution independently in 1926.

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