Pauli exclusion principle

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fermion rule physical law principle of quantum mechanics

The Pauli exclusion principle is a fundamental quantum rule stating that no two identical fermions can occupy the same quantum state simultaneously, underpinning the structure of atoms and the behavior of matter.

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Pauli principle	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fermion rule ⓘ physical law ⓘ principle of quantum mechanics ⓘ
appliesIn	astrophysics ⓘ atomic physics ⓘ condensed matter physics ⓘ nuclear physics ⓘ
appliesTo	fermion ⓘ
category	fermion statistics rule ⓘ quantum mechanical principle ⓘ
concernsProperty	indistinguishability of particles ⓘ quantum state ⓘ spin ⓘ
contrastsWith	Bose–Einstein statistics ⓘ bosonic occupation of same state by many particles ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo	boson ⓘ
formulatedBy	Wolfgang Pauli ⓘ
formulationYear	1925 ⓘ
hasConsequence	Fermi–Dirac statistics ⓘ band structure in solids ⓘ degeneracy pressure in neutron stars ⓘ degeneracy pressure in white dwarfs ⓘ electronic shell structure of atoms ⓘ periodic table structure ⓘ stability of ordinary matter ⓘ
holdsFor	any half-integer spin particle ⓘ electrons ⓘ neutrons ⓘ protons ⓘ quarks ⓘ
implies	antisymmetric total wavefunction for identical fermions ⓘ
isBasisFor	Fermi gas ⓘ surface form: Fermi gas model explanation of chemical valence ⓘ explanation of periodic trends ⓘ shell model of the atom ⓘ
mathematicalForm	antisymmetry of many-fermion wavefunction under particle exchange ⓘ
namedAfter	Wolfgang Pauli ⓘ
relatedTo	Fermi–Dirac statistics ⓘ surface form: Fermi–Dirac distribution atomic orbitals ⓘ electron configuration ⓘ spin–statistics theorem ⓘ
requires	unique set of quantum numbers for each electron in an atom ⓘ
states	no two identical fermions can occupy the same quantum state simultaneously ⓘ
usedIn	Hartree–Fock method ⓘ density functional theory ⓘ solid-state band calculations ⓘ

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Fermi–Dirac statistics → basedOnPrinciple → Pauli exclusion principle ⓘ

boson (particle type named after him) → doesNotObey → Pauli exclusion principle ⓘ

subject surface form: boson

Wolfgang Pauli → knownFor → Pauli exclusion principle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pauli principle

Wolfgang Pauli → notableConcept → Pauli exclusion principle ⓘ

Fermion → obeys → Pauli exclusion principle ⓘ

Chandrasekhar limit → relatedTo → Pauli exclusion principle ⓘ

Fermi gas → relatedToConcept → Pauli exclusion principle ⓘ