Exchange operator

Quantum mechanical operator interchanging particle states as arguments to a function

In quantum mechanics, the exchange operator , also known as permutation operator, is a quantum mechanical operator that acts on states in Fock space. The exchange operator acts by switching the labels on any two identical particles described by the joint position quantum state . Since the particles are identical, the notion of exchange symmetry requires that the exchange operator be unitary.

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