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Fermi-Dirac statistics  

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  • Fermi–Dirac statistics (F–D statistics) is a type of quantum statistics that applies to the physics of a system consisting of many non-interacting, identical particles that obey the Pauli exclusion principle. A result is the Fermi–Dirac distribution of particles over energy states. It is named after Enrico Fermi and Paul Dirac, each of whom derived the distribution independently in 1926 (although Fermi derived it before Dirac). Fermi–Dirac statistics is a part of the field of statistical mechanics and uses the principles of quantum mechanics. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi%E2%80%93Dirac_statistics)

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  • Fermi-Dirac distribution

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