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Photons of different polarizations are nonidentical, but if this argument is true, it would also prove that horizontally and vertically polarized photons were i
by whatshisface 5y ago
Photons of different polarizations are nonidentical, but if this argument is true, it would also prove that horizontally and vertically polarized photons were identical... in an experiment insensitive to polarization. I do not believe this answers the original question.
- wizzwizz4 5y agoTwo coins aren't identical, but they're fungible. Is "identical" even well-defined on fundamental-ish particles?
- whatshisface 5y agoIdentical means that either bosonic or fermionic conditions are applied to the joint tensor-product'd wavefunctions of multi-particle systems. It's well defined, and although I was hoping this thread would offer a more grounded definition I am not sure if it succeeded.