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The Story of Bose, Photon Spin and Indistinguishability

Partha Ghose

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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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physics.hist-phHistory and Philosophy of Physics cond-mat.stat-mechStatistical Mechanics hep-thHigh Energy Physics, Theory physics.atom-phAtomic Physics quant-phQuantum Physics

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    • Prof. S.N.Bose was the Physics great from India after whom "Bosons", "Bose-Einstein Statistics", "Bose-Einstein Condensate" and even "Higgs Boson" are named - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyendra_Nath_Bose Prof. S.N.Bose archive…

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