What Does the Exclusion Principle Say

question 28

Multiple Choice

What does the exclusion principle say?

• A)No two particles of any type can ever occupy the same quantum state at the same time.
• B)If a particle has a precisely defined position it is excluded from having a precisely defined momentum.
• C)The laws of quantum mechanics are excluded from our common sense.
• D)Two fermions cannot occupy the same quantum state at the same time.

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