Q103 · CSIR NET Chemistry, December 2014
Paper: CSIR NET December 2014 · Subject: Physical Chemistry · Chapter: Statistical Thermodynamics · Topic: Statistical Thermodynamics – General · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium
The number of microstates that are possible, when two particles are distributed in four states such that the resulting wave functions are antisymmetric with respect to exchange of the particles, is :
(a)16
(b)12
(c)8
(d)6
Answer
Answer: D ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence high
Explanation
Antisymmetric two-particle states are the C(4,2) = 6 ways of choosing two different single-particle states.
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