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Parity and the spin—statistics connection

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A simple demonstration of the spin—statistics connection for general causal fields is obtained by using the parity operation to exchange spatial coordinates in the scalar product of a locally commuting field operator, evaluated at position x, with the same field operator evaluated at − x, at equal times.

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Morgan, J.A. Parity and the spin—statistics connection. Pramana - J Phys 65, 513–516 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02704208

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