Episode X: Particle statistics
Channel: Patrick LeClair
Date: 2020-04-16

Here we talk about how the statistics for distinguishable and indistinguishable particles are different, and that this makes a difference for how many particles you find at a given energy. Classical particles (marbles) are different that photons, and electrons are odder still.

After the intermission, more on the details of how bosons (photons and such) and fermions (electrons and such) differ and what it means for energetics. Moving toward a description of semiconductor devices ...