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As discussed in the previous chapter, the probability distribution of particles like the electron, proton and neutron, with spin quantum number equal to , is given by the Fermi–Dirac distribution.
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Srinivasan, G. (2014). Fermi–Dirac Distribution. In: Life and Death of the Stars. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45384-7_5
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