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Photon Indistinguishability Gains Statistical Role

Germany · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1924

Albert Einstein1924

Berlin · Science / Physics

Bose's method, promoted by Einstein, treated light quanta as statistically indistinguishable objects, an idea that became fundamental to quantum statistics.

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Albert Einstein

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