Derivation of Bose-Einstein statistics from the uncertainty principle
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Author(s)
Tangney, Paul
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The microstate of any degree of freedom of any classical dynamical system can be represented by a point in its two dimensional phase space. Since infinitely precise measurements are impossible, a measurement can, at best, constrain the location of this point to a region of phase space whose area is finite. This paper explores the implications of assuming that this finite area is bounded from below. I prove that if the same lower bound applied to every degree of freedom of a sufficiently-cold classical dynamical system, the distribution of the system's energy among its degrees of freedom would be a Bose–Einstein distribution.
Date Issued
2024-09-01
Date Acceptance
2024-08-20
Citation
Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 2024, 2024
ISSN
1742-5468
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
Volume
2024
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https://singdirect.iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-5468/ad74e9
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
093209
Date Publish Online
2024-09-24