FERMION
Scrabble letter values: F4E1R1M3I1O1N1 = 12
Definition
- noun any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle.
Examples
- “According to the spin–statistics theorem, the wavefunction of a system of identical fermions (particles of half-integer spin) is antisymmetric under the operation of swapping any two particles.”