Researchers have visualized for the first time the direct effect of the Pauli exclusion principle, a fundamental feature of quantum mechanics that allows ordinary matter to be stable, among other ...

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Without the Pauli exclusion principle, matter as we know it would not exist. But at low, low temperatures, even this quantum law gives way DESPITE its name, this principle is pretty inclusive: ...

The Pauli exclusion principle is the quantum mechanical concept that no two identical particles in all the Universe may occupy the same quantum state simultaneously. What does that mean, exactly? Well ...

After 27 years, Melvyn Bragg has decided to step down from the In Our Time presenter’s chair. With over a thousand episodes to choose from, he has selected just six that capture the huge range and ...

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PAULI'S ‘Exclusion Principle’ applied to the simplest case of the two-electron or two-proton system (helium atom, hydrogen molecule) is usually stated as follows: if the electrons (or protons) are ...

Physicists have harnessed the aloofness of quantum particles to create a new type of crystal. Some particles shun one another because they are forbidden to take on the same quantum state as their ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the key principles in quantum mechanics, the Pauli Exclusion Principle, and the life and ideas of Wolfgang Pauli who proposed it. Show more After 27 years, ...