SPIN-STATISTICS CONNECTION AND COMMUTATION RELATIONS: Experimental Tests and Theoretical Implications

Robert C. Hilborn, Amherst College, Department of Physics, Amherst, MA, USA ; Guglielmo M. Tino, Universita di Napoli "Federico II", Departimento de Scienze Fisiche, Napoli, ITALY

Conference Location and Date: Anacapri, Capri Island, Italy, 31 May - 3 June 2000

Subseries: None

Published ; ISBN 1563969742, One Volume, Print; 332 pages; 6 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches;

Readership: quantum physicists; theoretical physicists; mathematicians concerned with group theory and quantum algebra; quantum chemists; philosophers of science.

The conference focused on the issues of the behavior of systems of identical particles in quantum mechanics. These quesrions are important in all areas of physics, in much of chemistry (via the Pauli Exclusion Principle) and mathematics, and in the philosophy of science. The conference brought together experimentalists, theorists, and philosophers to survey work done during the past ten years that challenges the traditional view of these issues. Several papers explore connections with rapidly developing fields such as fundamental symmetries, supersymmetry, quantum gravity, and quantum computation.

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