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If I have a system of bosons described by a wave function that can be separated into a spatial function and a spin function, do the spatial and spin functions have to be both symetric? Or can they be anti-symetric and symetry be attained only when we consider the whole wave function?
 
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If I have a system of bosons described by a wave function that can be separated into a spatial function and a spin function, do the spatial and spin functions have to be both symetric? Or can they be anti-symetric and symetry be attained only when we consider the whole wave function?
The whole wave function must be symmetric. The components may both be antisymmetric.
 
With more than two particles things become more complicated. The space and spin wave functions can have mixed symmetry, neither symmetric nor asymmetric. The net function must be symmetric, though.
 
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