We investigated the spectrum of the 16O2 molecule by high-sensitivity laser spectroscopy and searched for transitions involving states which are antisymmetric under the exchange of the nuclei. These states are forbidden by the symmetrization postulate of quantum mechanics. This is the first reported experiment to test the symmetrization postulate for integer-spin particles to high precision. Our data set an upper limit of 5×10-7 to a possible violation of this postulate.
Test of the symmetrization postulate for spin-0 particles
M de Angelis;G Gagliardi;
1996
Abstract
We investigated the spectrum of the 16O2 molecule by high-sensitivity laser spectroscopy and searched for transitions involving states which are antisymmetric under the exchange of the nuclei. These states are forbidden by the symmetrization postulate of quantum mechanics. This is the first reported experiment to test the symmetrization postulate for integer-spin particles to high precision. Our data set an upper limit of 5×10-7 to a possible violation of this postulate.File in questo prodotto:
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