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In the preceding chapter, we described the general principles of statistical mechanics which can be applied to many-particle systems. In quantum mechanics identical particles are indistinguishable and particles are classified into two groups, Bose particles and Fermi particles, according to the symmetry character of their wave functions. Quantum states must fulfill the demand of symmetricity, which means that the number of quantum states depends on the symmetry. This circumstance is taken into account in the so-called quantum statistics. In this chapter, the method of quantum statistics and its application to quantum ideal gases are discussed. Classical statistics is discussed as a limit of quantum statistics and the condition of its validity is classified. Application of classical statistics to nonideal gases is also given.
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Toda, M., Kubo, R., Saitô, N. (1992). Applications. In: Statistical Physics I. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58134-2_3
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