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Bosons are particles with integer spin s = n, fermions are particles with spin s = n + 1/2 with n being an integer including zero. The fundamental quantum-mechanical property of the wavefunction of a system with N such particles is that under exchange of any two particles, the wavefunction is symmetric in the case of bosons and antisymmetric in the case of fermions.
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Grundmann, M. (2010). Quantum Statistics. In: The Physics of Semiconductors. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13884-3_28
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