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I briefly scanned back through old topics in this part of the Physics Forum, and didn't see any that seemed to bring up this exact issue, so...
I have read in several popularizations of physics that the exchange of bosons between a pair of identical particles will cause attraction if the boson has even integer spin, and repulsion if the boson has odd integer spin. Is there any sort of reasonably simple explanation?
[Example: a pair of electrons repel one another under the exchange of spin 1 (odd integer) virtual photons.]
I have read in several popularizations of physics that the exchange of bosons between a pair of identical particles will cause attraction if the boson has even integer spin, and repulsion if the boson has odd integer spin. Is there any sort of reasonably simple explanation?
[Example: a pair of electrons repel one another under the exchange of spin 1 (odd integer) virtual photons.]
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