Can Five Spin-2 Particles Occupy the Same Energy Level?

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If i am given a particle whose spin number is 2. does that mean that 5 of these particles can occupy a single energy level?


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No (if what you mean is that only five can occupy an energy level). A particle with spin number 2 would be a boson (because 2 is an integer) and therefore there would be no limit on the number of such particles occupying a single energy level (the limit arises from Fermi-Dirac statistics).
 
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Homework Statement


If i am given a particle whose spin number is 2. does that mean that 5 of these particles can occupy a single energy level?


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The Attempt at a Solution


What it means is that the component of its spin vector along a fixed direction can take 5 possible values.
 

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