2006 · 28 citations · 22 references
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Natural SciencesMathematicsPhysicsQuantum MechanicsStochastic ProcessesTheoretical PhysicsEnsemble MethodsGauge TheoryHamiltonian MechanicsPoint ProcessesQuantum Field TheoryStatistical MechanicsCanonical EnsembleCanonical Ensemble SamplingEnsemble TheoryGrand Canonical EnsembleStatistical Ensembles
We introduce the boson and the fermion point processes from the elementary quantum mechanical point of view. That is, we consider quantum statistical mechanics of canonical ensemble for a fixed number of particles which obey Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac statistics, respectively, in a finite volume. Focusing on the distribution of positions of the particles, we have point processes of the fixed number of points in a bounded domain. By taking the thermodynamic limit such that the particle density converges to a finite value, the boson/fermion processes are obtained. This argument is a realization of the equivalence of ensembles, since resulting processes are considered to describe a grand canonical ensemble of points. Random point processes corresponding to para-particles of order two are discussed as an application of the formulation. A statistics of a system of composite particles at zero temperature are also considered as a model of determinantal random point processes. 1
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