Entropy (Oct 2021)

Thermal–Statistical Odd–Even Fermions’ Staggering Effect and the Order–Disorder Disjunction

  • Flavia Pennini,
  • Angelo Plastino,
  • Angel Ricardo Plastino

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/e23111428
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 11
p. 1428

Abstract

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We review thermal–statistical considerations on the odd–even staggering effect (OES) in fermions. There is a well known OES in nuclear binding energies at zero temperature. We discuss here a thermal OES (finite temperatures) that establishes links with the order–disorder disjunction. The present thermal considerations cannot be found in the nuclear literature.

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