Properties of Particles Obeying Ambiguous Statistics

M. V. Medvedev
Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 4147 – Published 2 June 1997; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 774 (1997)
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Abstract

A new class of identical particles which may exhibit both Bose and Fermi statistics with respective probabilities pb and pf is introduced. Such an uncertainty may be either an intrinsic property of a particle or can be viewed as an “experimental uncertainty.” Statistical equivalence of such particles and particles obeying parastatistics of infinite order is shown. Generalized statistical distributions are derived, and statistical and thermodynamical properties of an ideal gas of the particles are investigated. The physical nature of such particles and the implications of this investigation for the statistics of extremal black holes are discussed.

  • Received 9 December 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.4147

©1997 American Physical Society

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M. V. Medvedev

  • Physics Department, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093

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Vol. 78, Iss. 22 — 2 June 1997

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