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On quantum statistics for ensembles with a finite number of particles

Evgenii Dmitrievich Trifonov

Published Jul 31, 2011• 5 citations
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Abstract

The well-known Bose–Einstein and Fermi–Dirac quantum distributions can be considered as stationary solutions of kinetic equations for the mean occupation numbers in an ideal gas of an arbitrary finite number of identical particles.
DOI
10.3367/ufne.0181.201107d.0747

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