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Past exam of the physics A course of the University of Cambridge 2010 Paper 2 Section B B9 a Solution by
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Both particles can occupy with opposite spins, giving a unique singlet state at , quantum degeneracy 1. At the next distinct energy , one orbital is and the other is or . For each orbital choice there is one symmetric spatial state paired with the singlet state, and one antisymmetric spatial state paired with three triplet state spin projections. HenceSwapping particle labels adds no independent state after the required exchange symmetry is imposed.
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