The Story of Bose, Photon Spin and Indistinguishability

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.01909v1
• Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 07:35:50 GMT
• Title: The Story of Bose, Photon Spin and Indistinguishability
• Authors: Partha Ghose
• Abstract summary: As we approach the centenary of the discovery of quantum statistics in 1924, it is important to revisit Bose's original derivation of Planck's law. It introduced not only the novel concept of the indistinguishability of photons but also of their intrinsic spin, a fact unknown to most physicists.
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• Abstract: As we approach the centenary of the discovery of quantum statistics in 1924, it is important to revisit Bose's original derivation of Planck's law usually ignored in most standard presentations of Bose-Einstein statistics. It introduced not only the novel concept of the indistinguishability of photons but also of their intrinsic spin, a fact unknown to most physicists.

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