Exchange forces
Channel: Brant Carlson
Date: 2013-05-15

The requirement that particles be indistinguishable in quantum mechanics does have observable effects, producing an effective "exchange force" whenever two single-particle wavefunctions overlap.  (This lecture is part of a series for a course based on Griffiths' Introduction to Quantum Mechanics.  The Full playlist is at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL65jGfVh1ilueHVVsuCxNXoxrLI3OZAPI.)