Quon Statistics for Composite Systems and a Limit on the Violation of the Pauli Principle for Nucleons and Quarks
Quon Statistics for Composite Systems and a Limit on the Violation of the Pauli Principle for Nucleons and Quarks
The quon algebra describes particles, ``quons,'' that are neither fermions nor bosons. The parameter $q$ attached to a quon labels a smooth interpolation between bosons ( $q\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}+1$) and fermions ( $q\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}\ensuremath{-}1$). Wigner and Ehrenfest and Oppenheimer showed that a composite system of identical bosons and fermions is a fermion if …