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 | | There are two main categories of identical particles: bosons, which can share quantum states, and fermions, which are forbidden from sharing quantum states (this property of fermions is known as the Pauli exclusion principle.) Examples of bosons are photons, gluons, phonons, and helium-4 atoms. |
 | | The probability of obtaining two particles in the 0> state is 0.25; the probability of obtaining two particles in the 1> state is 0.25; and the probability of obtaining one particle in the 0> state and the other in the 1> state is 0.5. |
 | | When we perform the experiment, the probability of obtaining two particles in the 0> state is now 0.33; the probability of obtaining two particles in the 1> state is 0.33; and the probability of obtaining one particle in the 0> state and the other in the 1> state is 0.33. |
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